| Description | Papers relating to Rationalisation of Upper Docks via Port of London Authority (PLA) Discussion Document (February 1976); PLA Working Document (July 1976) and 'PLA News', including Revised Proposals; Council's Case on the PLA's Discussion Document re Rationalisation of Upper Docks with meeting notes and list of firms leaving the borough; 'Toynbee Housing Association Limited: Preliminary Feasibility Study for Free Trade Wharf Development, Tower Hamlets E1', by MDA [Monk and Dunstone, Mahon and Scears], October 1976; 'Free Trade Wharf' background and position statement by L.E. Faram, February 1977; Joint Port Trade Development Committee overview and report on decline of activity in the Port and industrial activity in East London; 'Docklands: The Fight for A Future' by Joint Docklands Action Group, April 1976.
Includes shipowners and tenants at West India and Millwall Docks and reference to PLA's taking on Fred Olsen Limited's future cargo handling operations at India and Millwall Docks. |