English Partnerships
English Partnerships (EP) was the national
It was responsible for land acquisition and assembly and major development projects, alone or in joint partnership with private sector developers. It was particularly active in major regeneration areas such as the Thames Gateway and in expansion areas such as Milton Keynes, where the Deputy Prime Minister (acting as Environment Minister) removed planning from local control and appointed them as the statutory planning authority.
It was a
Structure
English Partnerships was legally two entirely independent bodies set up under separate statutes. One was the Commission for New Towns, launched in October 1961, which was responsible for the development corporations established by the New Towns Act 1959.
The other was the Urban Regeneration Agency set up by the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993. The URA originated as the English Industrial Estates Corporation, which was "established in 1936 as North Eastern Trading Estates Ltd to help to alleviate the problems caused by the decline of heavy industries such as shipbuilding and coalmining"[1]
Successor
On 17 January 2007
See also
- Millennium Communities Programme, EP initiative
- EcoHomes
- Neil Shields, Chairman of the Commission for New Towns 1982–1995
References
Constructs such as named references (quick guide), or an abbreviated title. (April 2022) ) |
- ^ Ibid Tyne and Wear Archives
External links
- Official website archived at National Archives
- Homes and Communities Agency on CLG website
- Catalogue of the Whitley Council for New Towns Staff archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick