Papers for the meeting of the Radio Astronomy Planning Committee of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research at State House, London, on 6 March 1962. The documents include minutes and matters arising at the meeting of the committee on 9 January 1962; 'Report to Radio Astronomy Planning Committee by the Astronomer Royal'; Sir Bernard Lovell, 'Memorandum on future research programmes in radio astronomy with particular reference to the use of large filled aperture steerable radio telescopes'; Professor M. Ryle, 'Future Problems in Radio Astronomy'; note on the delay to work on the 140 ft telescope at the National Radio Observatory site, Greenbank, Virginia, and the consequent delays to the National Science Foundation Greenbank radio telescope project; 'Recommendations of the O.E.C.D. Committee for Scientific Research on scientific policy in radio-astronomy'; and 'New Radio Telescopes - A Possible Approach'.