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In [[England and Wales]], '''Development Corporations''' are bodies set up by the [[UK government]] and 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 [[QUANGO]]s.
New Town Development Corporations were set up for all the designated [[New Towns in the United Kingdom]]. Urban Development Corporations also exist, which deal with regeneration in already built-up areas.
==UDCs==
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Area
!Timeframe
!Notes
|-
|[[Birmingham Heartlands Development Corporation|Birmingham Heartlands]]
|parts of north eastern [[Birmingham]]
|1992-1998
|[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1992/Uksi_19920584_en_1.htm]
|-
|[[Black Country Development Corporation|Black Country]]
|parts of [[Sandwell]] and [[Metropolitan Borough of Walsall|Walsall]], in [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]
|1987-1998
|[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1987/Uksi_19870922_en_1.htm]
|-
|[[Bristol Development Corporation|Bristol]]
|parts of eastern [[Bristol]]
|1989-1995
|[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19890091_en_1.htm]
|-
|[[Cardiff Bay Development Corporation|Cardiff Bay]]
|[[Cardiff]] docklands area, in City of Cardiff and [[Vale of Glamorgan]]
|1987-2000
|[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1987/Uksi_19870646_en_1.htm]
|-
|[[Central Manchester Development Corporation|Central Manchester]]
|180 ha of [[Manchester]], near [[Trafford]]/[[Salford]] border
|1988-1996
|[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19881144_en_1.htm]
|-
|[[Leeds Development Corporation|Leeds]]
|540 ha of [[Leeds]], along [[River Aire]]/[[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]], and south of city centre
|1988-1995
|[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19881145_en_1.htm]
|-
|[[London Docklands Development Corporation|London Docklands]]
|[[London Docklands]]
|1981-1998
|
|-
|[[Merseyside Development Corporation|Merseyside]]
|[[Merseyside]] (north [[Liverpool]] and [[Bootle]] docks)
|1981-1998
|
|-
|[[Plymouth Development Corporation|Plymouth]]
|67 ha of [[Plymouth]] docklands
|1993-1998
|[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1993/Uksi_19930911_en_1.htm]
|-
|[[Sheffield Development Corporation|Sheffield]]
|[[Lower Don Valley]]
|1988-1997
|[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19881146_en_1.htm]
|-
|[[Teesside Development Corporation|Teesside]]
|large tracts of land on [[River Tees]], some in [[Hartlepool]]
|1987-1998
|[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1987/Uksi_19870923_en_1.htm]
|-
|[[Trafford Park Development Corporation|Trafford Park]]
|large area in [[Trafford]] and [[Salford]] along the [[Manchester Ship Canal]]
|1987-1998
|[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1987/Uksi_19870179_en_1.htm]
|-
|[[Tyne and Wear Development Corporation|Tyne and Wear]]
|banks of the [[River Tyne]] and [[River Wear]]
|1987-1998
|[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1987/Uksi_19870924_en_1.htm]
|}
==Currently active==
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Area
!Timeframe
!Notes
|-
| [[London Thames Gateway Development Corporation|London Thames Gateway]]
| [[Lower Lea Valley]] (parts of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest)<br>[[London Riverside]] (southern part of Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Newham)
| 2004 -
|
|-
| [[Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation|Thurrock Thames Gateway]]
| [[Thurrock]]
| 2003 -
| [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/draft/20036708.htm]
|-
| [[West Northamptonshire Development Corporation|West Northamptonshire]]
| [[Northamptonshire]] (parts of Northampton, Daventry and Towcester)
| 2006 -
|
|}
==New Town DCs==
{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Area
! Timeframe
! Notes
|-
| [[Aycliffe and Peterlee Development Corporation|Aycliffe and Peterlee]]
| [[Newton Aycliffe]] and [[Peterlee]]
| to [[April 1]], [[1988]]
| [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19880412_en_1.htm]
|-
| [[Basildon Development Corporation|Basildon]]
| [[Basildon]]
|
|
|-
| [[Bracknell Development Corporation|Bracknell]]
| [[Bracknell]]
|
|
|-
| [[Central Lancashire Development Corporation|Central Lancashire]]
| [[Central Lancashire]]
|
|
|-
| [[Corby Development Corporation|Corby]]
| [[Corby]]
|
|
|-
| [[Crawley Development Corporation|Crawley]]
| [[Crawley]]
|
|
|-
| [[Cumbernauld Development Corporation|Cumbernauld]]
| [[Cumbernauld]]
|
|
|-
| [[Cwmbran Development Corporation|Cwmbran]]
| [[Cwmbran]]
| to [[April 1]], [[1988]]
| [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19880265_en_1.htm]
|-
| [[East Kilbride Development Corporation|East Kilbride]]
| [[East Kilbride]]
|
|
|-
| [[Glenrothes Development Corporation|Glenrothes]]
| [[Glenrothes]]
|
|
|-
| [[Harlow Development Corporation|Harlow]]
| [[Harlow]]
|
|
|-
| [[Hemel Hempstead Development Corporation|Hemel Hempstead]]
| [[Hemel Hempstead]]
|
|
|-
| [[Livingston Development Corporation|Livingston]]
| [[Livingston, Scotland|Livingston]]
|
|
|-
| [[Milton Keynes Development Corporation|Milton Keynes]]
| [[Milton Keynes]], [[Buckinghamshire]]
| to [[April 1]], [[1992]]
| [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1992/Uksi_19920525_en_1.htm]
|-
| [[Peterborough Development Corporation|Peterborough]]
| [[Peterborough]]
| to [[October 1]], [[1988]]
| [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19881410_en_1.htm]
|-
| [[Redditch Development Corporation|Redditch]]
| [[Redditch]]
|
|
|-
| [[Runcorn Development Corporation|Runcorn]]
| [[Runcorn]]
|
| merged to form Warrington and Runcorn
|-
| [[Skelmersdale Development Corporation|Skelmersdale]]
| [[Skelmersdale]]
|
|
|-
| [[Telford Development Corporation|Telford]]
| [[Telford]], [[Shropshire]]
| to [[October 1]], [[1991]]
| [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1991/Uksi_19911980_en_1.htm]
|-
| [[Warrington Development Corporation|Warrington]]
| [[Warrington]]
|
| merged to form Warrington and Runcorn
|-
| [[Warrington and Runcorn Development Corporation|Warrington and Runcorn]]
| [[Warrington]] and [[Runcorn]]
| to [[October 1]], [[1989]]
| [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19891231_en_1.htm]
|-
| [[Washington Development Corporation|Washington]]
| [[Washington, Tyne and Wear|Washington]]
| to [[April 1]], [[1988]]
| [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19880413_en_1.htm]
|}
==References==
*http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1998/19980084.htm
==See also==
* [[Economic development corporation]] in the United States
[[Category:Government of England]]
[[Category:Government of Wales]]
[[Category:UK planning interested parties]]
[[Category:Interested parties in planning in England]]