The South Essex Regional Planning Scheme

Published in 1931, Professor S. D. Adshead’s regional planning scheme maps a fast-growing stretch of south Essex along the T...

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Published in 1931, Professor S. D. Adshead’s regional planning scheme maps a fast-growing stretch of south Essex along the Thames estuary, setting existing conditions against proposed development. The maps show housing growth before and after 1916, traffic surveys, road-widening schemes, sewerage and drainage, and the zoning of land for industry, housing and leisure. Further sheets cover relief, geology, archaeological sites, open space and local-authority boundaries, so that clay, chalk and floodplain sit beside the recommendations for parks, routes and development areas.

Published in 1931, Professor S. D. Adshead’s regional planning scheme maps a fast-growing stretch of south Essex along the Thames estuary, setting existing conditions against proposed development. The maps show housing growth before and after 1916, traffic surveys, road-widening schemes, sewerage and drainage, and the zoning of land for industry, housing and leisure. Further sheets cover relief, geology, archaeological sites, open space and local-authority boundaries, so that clay, chalk and floodplain sit beside the recommendations for parks, routes and development areas.

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