Perth and Kinross District Council

• Reference:GB 252 PKDC
• Dates of Creation:1974-1996
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  56.00 Linear Metres

• Scope and Content

  Minute books, 1975-1996; Official Diaries, 1985-1996; District court registers and sheets, 1975-1990; Annual Reviews, 1992-1995; Official Guides, c.1988-1992; Official Photographs, c.1975-1996; Vesting of Property Lists, 1975; Inventories and Returns, 1975; Visitors' Books, 1992-1995; Freedom Ceremonies and Roll of Honorary Freemen, 1978-1982; Abstracts of Accounts, Annual Reports and Financial Statements, 1975-1996; Budgets, 1981-1995; Estimates, 1980-1993; Registers of Planning Applications, 1975-1996; Planning Applications for Listed Buildings and Other Significant Developments, 1975-1989; Register of New Houses, 1975-1986; Register of Applications, Perth & Kinross Distict Licensing Board, 1976-1979; Perth City Hall Booking Records, 1977-1979 and 1986-1994; Miscellaneous Plans, 1983-1995 and Planning Department Photographs, c.1933-1996.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Perth and Kinross District Council was established under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.65). The Act established a two-tier system of local government with nine regional councils and 53 district councils. Three islands councils (Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles) performed the functions of district and regional councils. The new district councils were quite distinct from the district councils which had existed from 1930 to 1975. Perth and Kinross District Council was elected in 1974 and acted as a shadow authority until May 1975, when it assumed its full powers. It was the successor authority to Perth and Kinross County Council, Perth County Council, Kinross County Council as well as the burghs of Aberfeldy, Abernethy, Alyth, Auchterarder, Blairgowrie and Rattray, Coupar Angus, Crieff, Kinross, Perth and Pitlochry. District councils’ main responsibilities were: district courts (under the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975, c.20), building control, burial and cremation, cleansing, conservation areas, countryside (some regional responsibility), development control, environmental health, housing, leisure and recreation, libraries, licensing, local planning, museums and art galleries (with the regional council), parks and tourism. The regional authority for Perth and Kinross District Council was Tayside Regional Council. Perth and Kinross District Council and Tayside Regional Council were abolished in 1996 under the terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) and replaced by Perth and Kinross Council.

• Arrangement

  Multiple level arrangement

• Access Information

  Subject to physical condition

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