Udolphus Aylmer Coates, OBE

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(1908 – 2000) was a British

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Life

Journal of the Town Planning Institute 1959

He attended the

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. Coates became the first town planning officer for the City of Hull and his new development plan helped the city recover from

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. He was also county planning officer for

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. He was President of the

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from 1958-1959. It was during his term that the Royal Town Planning Institute was granted a

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. He was awarded an OBE in 1963. In 1971, he retired as county planning officer for Lancashire and was succeeded by

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. Coates died in 2000.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coates, Udolphus Aylmer 1908 births 2000 deaths Alumni of the University of Liverpool Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects British urban planners Presidents of the Royal Town Planning Institute People from Kingston upon Hull