Corporate DS/IM/57 Isle of Man; Development Board; 1934-1956 Development Board Isle of Man 1934-1956 The Development Board was created, under the Local Government Board, through section 4 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1934. This Act was passed in response to the Housing Act 1924, which had as an objective 'to provide for the erection of houses for the working class'. The Town and Country Planning Act would 'enable schemes to be prepared and carried into effect for development and planning of land' whilst preserving the Island's natural assets and ensuring a safe urban density was maintained to inprove sanitation and living conditions. The Board was constituted by members of the Local Government Board, Highway Board and representatives of all Commissioners' groups and Parish Authorities to a total of 19 representatives. The general duties of the Board were 'to consider the development of the Island and of the various parts thereof, and to take such steps in the manner set forth in this Act as to them may seem desirable for the progressive development of the land in accordance with schemes and plans for laying out the same so as to secure public health, and proper sanitary conditions, amenity and convenience, and the preservation and development of buildings and places of beauty and public interest.' The first task of the Development Board was to create a process to control the Island's development. In 1936 it passed its first regulations under the original 1934 Town and Country Planning Act. The Town and Country Planning (Interim Development) Regulations, 1936, defined documents that must be submitted to the to the Development Board to apply for permission to develop land. This was followed by the 'Town and Country Planning Amendment Act, 1936', which allowed the Development Board to create Interim Development Orders (IDO). After World War 2, a chain of changes, reorganisation and expansion took place within the governmental structure. A Planning Committee was created by the Local Government Board, through the powers vested in them by section 12 and the First Schedule to the Boards of Tynwald (No. 2) Act, 1952, by enacting the Town and Country Planning (Interim Development) Regulations, 1956. The Planning Committee continued the duties previously exercised by the Development Board. A person or organisation that wished to develop land would submit an application. The required contents of the application were summarised in section 5, 'Application to Develop', of the Town and Country Planning (Interim Development) Regulations, 1956. Central Planning Authority D.G. Kermode, 'Offshore Island Politics: The Constitutional and Political Development of the Isle of Man in the Twentieth Century' (Liverpool University Press, 2001) Isle of Man Government Legislation and Hansards. 'Examiner' Year Book' and the 'Manx Annual Book' volumes. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes Grprlrag 14/03/2018 REILTYS\graski 12/09/2023 1e26e65b-529e-409e-9b00-21b394bfb375