Development corporations

Development corporations are bodies set up in England and Wales by the UK government charged with the urban development of an area, outside the usual system of Town and Country Planning in the United Kingdom. Members are appointed by central government and hence they are considered QUANGOs.

New Town development corporations were set up for all the designated New Towns in the United Kingdom. Urban development corporations also existed, which dealt with regeneration in already built-up areas.

Urban development corporations

Name	Area	Timeframe	Notes
Birmingham Heartlands	parts of north eastern Birmingham	1992-1998	[1]
Black Country	parts of Sandwell and Walsall, in West Midlands	1987-1998	[2]
Bristol	parts of eastern Bristol	1989-1995	[3]
Cardiff Bay	Cardiff docklands area, in City of Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan	1987-2000	[4]
Central Manchester	180 ha of Manchester, near Trafford/Salford border	1988-1996	[5]
Leeds	540 ha of Leeds, along River Aire/Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and south of city centre	1988-1995	[6]
London Docklands	London Docklands	1981-1998
London Thames Gateway	Lower Lea Valley (parts of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest) London Riverside (southern part of Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Newham)	2004-2013
Merseyside	Merseyside	1981-1998
Plymouth	67 ha of Plymouth docklands	1993-1998	[7]
Sheffield	Lower Don Valley	1988-1997	[8]
Teesside	large tracts of land on River Tees, some in Hartlepool	1987-1998	[9]
Thurrock Thames Gateway	Thurrock	2003-2012	[10]
Trafford Park	large area in Trafford and Salford along the Manchester Ship Canal	1987-1998	[11]
Tyne and Wear	banks of the River Tyne and River Wear	1987-1998	[12]
West Northamptonshire	Northamptonshire (parts of Northampton, Daventry and Towcester)	2006-2014

New town development corporations

Name	Area	Timeframe	Notes
Aycliffe and Peterlee	Newton Aycliffe and Peterlee	to April 1, 1988	[13]
Basildon	Basildon
Bracknell	Bracknell
Central Lancashire	Central Lancashire
Corby	Corby
Crawley	Crawley
Cumbernauld	Cumbernauld
Cwmbran	Cwmbran	to April 1, 1988	[14]
East Kilbride	East Kilbride
Glenrothes	Glenrothes
Harlow	Harlow
Hemel Hempstead	Hemel Hempstead
Livingston	Livingston
Milton Keynes	Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire	to April 1, 1992	[15]
Peterborough	Peterborough	to October 1, 1988	[16]
Redditch	Redditch	1964-1985
Runcorn	Runcorn		merged to form Warrington and Runcorn
Skelmersdale	Skelmersdale
Stevenage	Stevenage	11 Nov 1946 to 1980
Telford	Telford, Shropshire	to October 1, 1991	[17]
Warrington	Warrington		merged to form Warrington and Runcorn
Warrington and Runcorn	Warrington and Runcorn	to October 1, 1989	[18]
Washington	Washington	to April 1, 1988	[19]

Mayoral development corporations

The Localism Act 2011 permitted the Mayor of London to create mayoral development corporations in Greater London.

Name	Area	Timeframe	Notes
London Legacy Development Corporation	London Olympic Park	2012 -
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation	Old Oak Common	2015 -

See also

• Economic development corporation in the United States
• Laganside Corporation, Urban Development Corporation for Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Community Futures in Canada

References

• http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1998/19980084.htm