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<h2 id="australia">Australia</h2> <p>In Australia development corporations are often responsible for the economic promotion and growth of areas considered to be under-performing economically. Such corporations include: </p> <ul><li>Central Coast Development Corporation (1998–); previously known as the Festival Development Corporation</li> <li>Cooks Cove Development Corporation; based in <a href="/facts/The_Rocks,_New_South_Wales/nRDhVeKI">The Rocks</a></li> <li>Hunter Development Corporation (2007–); based in <a href="/facts/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales/jJGEak0K">Newcastle</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Honeysuckle_Development_Corporation/zWBcgahu">Honeysuckle Development Corporation</a> (1992–2007; merged with the Regional Land Management Corporation to form the Hunter Development Corporation<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>); based in Newcastle</li> <li><a href="https://www.macpoint.com/">Macquarie Point Development Corporation</a> (2012–); based in <a href="/facts/Hobart/rcHqwrRt">Hobart</a>, <a href="/facts/Tasmania/q3dubPTt">Tasmania</a></li> <li><a href="https://ntdc.org.au/#about">Northern Tasmania Development Corporation</a> (2017-); North Eastern <a href="/facts/Tasmania/q3dubPTt">Tasmania</a>, including <a href="/facts/Launceston,_Tasmania/wnyCEW0q">Launceston</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/South_Sydney_Development_Corporation/Hq2GVg8R">South Sydney Development Corporation</a> (1996–2005); responsible for managing the <a href="/facts/Green_Square,_New_South_Wales/lF2aE8qD">Green Square</a> area</li></ul> <h2 id="denmark">Denmark</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/%C3%98restad_Development_Corporation/MkUT6xeK">Ørestad Development Corporation</a> (1993–2007); responsible for urban redevelopment of <a href="/facts/%C3%98restad/Sg9K4w8z">Ørestad</a>. It also constructed parts of the <a href="/facts/Copenhagen_Metro/g8FocU2U">Copenhagen Metro</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="india">India</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/City_and_Industrial_Development_Corporation/q8Qdla7D">City and Industrial Development Corporation</a> (1970–); agency of the <a href="/facts/Government_of_Maharashtra/vzD0B6Qt">Government of Maharashtra</a>. Constructed the <a href="/facts/Planned_town/Lasw19Pu">planned town</a> of <a href="/facts/Navi_Mumbai/Qa5lxDxa">Navi Mumbai</a>. Currently conducting urban infrastructure and new town developments.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Housing_and_Urban_Development_Corporation/FLy5bSul">Housing and Urban Development Corporation</a> (1970–); agency of the <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Poverty_Alleviation/rzw8wroh">Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation</a>. Responsible for building affordable housing and managing urban development.</li></ul> <h2 id="israel">Israel</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Moriah_Jerusalem_Development_Corporation/jk0eImCM">Moriah Jerusalem Development Corporation</a> (1986–); established by the <a href="/facts/Jerusalem_Municipality/beDwqlV3">Jerusalem Municipality</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="south-africa">South Africa</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Coega/1ToFbjqI">Coega</a> Development Corporation</li> <li>Eastern Cape Development Corporation</li> <li>Free State Development Corporation</li></ul> <h2 id="united-kingdom">United Kingdom</h2> <p>In the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/facts/New_Town_Development_Corporation/gdlGfdNk">New Town Development Corporations</a> were organisations established under the <a href="/facts/New_Towns_Act_1946/gdlGfdNk">New Towns Act 1946</a> (<a href="/facts/9_%26_10_Geo._6/IW2bpfR4">9 & 10 Geo. 6</a>. c. 68) by the <a href="/facts/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom/3zLlUWbx">UK government</a>, charged with the urban development of an area, outside the usual system of <a href="/facts/Town_and_Country_Planning_in_the_United_Kingdom/PDWpmCdT">Town and Country Planning in the United Kingdom</a>. Originally intended to manage the development of <a href="/facts/New_Towns_in_the_United_Kingdom/kRYrVsRU">New Towns in the United Kingdom</a>, they were also established for more substantial urban renewal programmes by the <a href="/facts/Town_Development_Act_1952/gdlGfdNk">Town Development Act 1952</a>. </p> <h3>Urban development corporations in England and Wales</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Area</th><th>Timeframe</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Birmingham_Heartlands_Development_Corporation/CQwQrXXG">Birmingham Heartlands</a></td><td>950 ha in the <a href="/facts/Nechells/uvsm7vYd">Nechells</a> area</td><td>1992–1998</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1992/Uksi_19920584_en_1.htm">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Black_Country_Development_Corporation/LHpRKKtl">Black Country</a></td><td>parts of <a href="/facts/Sandwell/akIokpsr">Sandwell</a> and <a href="/facts/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Walsall/GRnzur60">Walsall</a>, in <a href="/facts/West_Midlands_(county)/tTz7YJul">West Midlands</a></td><td>1987–1998</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1987/Uksi_19870922_en_1.htm">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bristol_Development_Corporation/anETxPQS">Bristol</a></td><td>parts of eastern <a href="/facts/Bristol/nLwyoDTG">Bristol</a></td><td>1989–1995</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19890091_en_1.htm">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cardiff_Bay_Development_Corporation/HMY6SUTI">Cardiff Bay</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Cardiff/AHpRtKKg">Cardiff</a> docklands area, in City of Cardiff and <a href="/facts/Vale_of_Glamorgan/xyACKovN">Vale of Glamorgan</a></td><td>1987–2000</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1987/Uksi_19870646_en_1.htm">[4]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Central_Manchester_Development_Corporation/memQz1Qv">Central Manchester</a></td><td>180 ha of <a href="/facts/Manchester/2Do01QHs">Manchester</a>, near <a href="/facts/Trafford/sLgEKmaM">Trafford</a>/<a href="/facts/City_of_Salford/7FwzVaQd">Salford</a> border</td><td>1988–1996</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19881144_en_1.htm">[5]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Leeds_Development_Corporation/jSvR7TcV">Leeds</a></td><td>540 ha of <a href="/facts/Leeds/YVPtUCt1">Leeds</a>, along <a href="/facts/River_Aire/FvL57IBY">River Aire</a>/<a href="/facts/Leeds_and_Liverpool_Canal/gjLSXoBa">Leeds and Liverpool Canal</a>, and south of city centre</td><td>1988–1995</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19881145_en_1.htm">[6]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/London_Docklands_Development_Corporation/XpxRwuJP">London Docklands</a></td><td><a href="/facts/London_Docklands/6pUgsazx">London Docklands</a></td><td>1981–1998</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/London_Thames_Gateway_Development_Corporation/Fxjrtdbm">London Thames Gateway</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Lower_Lea_Valley/ravJjeMo">Lower Lea Valley</a> (parts of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest)<a href="/facts/London_Riverside/4ubuakdp">London Riverside</a> (southern part of Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Newham)</td><td>2004–2013</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Merseyside_Development_Corporation/8bNVdb6s">Merseyside</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Merseyside/44wxA8Bd">Merseyside</a></td><td>1981–1998</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Plymouth_Development_Corporation/2B4TTqVQ">Plymouth</a></td><td>67 ha of <a href="/facts/Plymouth/FhYcrnqf">Plymouth</a> docklands</td><td>1993–1998</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1993/Uksi_19930911_en_1.htm">[7]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sheffield_Development_Corporation/XaXRwTtr">Sheffield</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Lower_Don_Valley/0JtqCIKa">Lower Don Valley</a></td><td>1988–1997</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19881146_en_1.htm">[8]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Teesside_Development_Corporation/ME6bVpI0">Teesside</a></td><td>large tracts of land on <a href="/facts/River_Tees/W7QknxXc">River Tees</a>, some in <a href="/facts/Hartlepool/fzKbNt7M">Hartlepool</a></td><td>1987–1998</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1987/Uksi_19870923_en_1.htm">[9]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Thurrock_Thames_Gateway_Development_Corporation/wUyaUD1g">Thurrock Thames Gateway</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Thurrock/FnVRFpY9">Thurrock</a></td><td>2003–2012</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/draft/20036708.htm">[10]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Trafford_Park_Development_Corporation/q3vPlAEo">Trafford Park</a></td><td>large area in <a href="/facts/Trafford/sLgEKmaM">Trafford</a> and <a href="/facts/City_of_Salford/7FwzVaQd">Salford</a> along the <a href="/facts/Manchester_Ship_Canal/gdKjkD5v">Manchester Ship Canal</a></td><td>1987–1998</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1987/Uksi_19870179_en_1.htm">[11]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tyne_and_Wear_Development_Corporation/tYphUyQS">Tyne and Wear</a></td><td>banks of the <a href="/facts/River_Tyne/R4rpUnIz">River Tyne</a> and <a href="/facts/River_Wear/MlXVbxAl">River Wear</a></td><td>1987–1998</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1987/Uksi_19870924_en_1.htm">[12]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/West_Northamptonshire_Development_Corporation/DUUxLFUM">West Northamptonshire</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Northamptonshire/UbFu0Vjj">Northamptonshire</a> (parts of Northampton, Daventry and Towcester)</td><td>2006–2014</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>New town development corporations</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Area</th><th>Timeframe</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>Aycliffe and Peterlee</td><td><a href="/facts/Newton_Aycliffe/7eKBs4wI">Newton Aycliffe</a> and <a href="/facts/Peterlee/DtfVSUly">Peterlee</a></td><td>to April 1, 1988</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19880412_en_1.htm">[13]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Basildon</td><td><a href="/facts/Basildon/kkqmGdNp">Basildon</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bracknell</td><td><a href="/facts/Bracknell/BbsJeBlU">Bracknell</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Central Lancashire</td><td><a href="/facts/Central_Lancashire/FSAP8J8h">Central Lancashire</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Corby</td><td><a href="/facts/Corby/hPlMBnv6">Corby</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Crawley_Development_Corporation/wkvrhtlF">Crawley</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Crawley/euFRGfWf">Crawley</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cumbernauld</td><td><a href="/facts/Cumbernauld/K1DVpMl8">Cumbernauld</a></td><td>to March 31, 1996</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cwmbran</td><td><a href="/facts/Cwmbran/LHPpExax">Cwmbran</a></td><td>to April 1, 1988</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19880265_en_1.htm">[14]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ebbsfleet_Development_Corporation/0zJ8VBRp">Ebbsfleet</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ebbsfleet_Valley/8tRw0YW0">Ebbsfleet Valley</a></td><td>2015 -</td><td><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/747/made">[15]</a></td></tr><tr><td>East Kilbride</td><td><a href="/facts/East_Kilbride/eDXXYVPA">East Kilbride</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Glenrothes</td><td><a href="/facts/Glenrothes/7T9BbSKB">Glenrothes</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Harlow</td><td><a href="/facts/Harlow/ugdEmEgL">Harlow</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hemel Hempstead</td><td><a href="/facts/Hemel_Hempstead/MFWqqAUF">Hemel Hempstead</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Livingston_Development_Corporation/MsVvhkIs">Livingston</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Livingston,_Scotland/MsVvhkIs">Livingston</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Milton_Keynes_Development_Corporation/V44E11wQ">Milton Keynes</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Milton_Keynes/GavNWVkm">Milton Keynes</a>, <a href="/facts/Buckinghamshire/WMRE3NJp">Buckinghamshire</a></td><td>to April 1, 1992</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1992/Uksi_19920525_en_1.htm">[16]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Peterborough_Development_Corporation/PuPYMYp6">Peterborough</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Peterborough/eaA3Px0k">Peterborough</a></td><td>to October 1, 1988</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19881410_en_1.htm">[17]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Redditch</td><td><a href="/facts/Redditch/S1us5Ac1">Redditch</a></td><td>1964–1985</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Runcorn</td><td><a href="/facts/Runcorn/BTLu1cJ2">Runcorn</a></td><td></td><td>merged to form Warrington and Runcorn</td></tr><tr><td>Skelmersdale</td><td><a href="/facts/Skelmersdale/vfjR5Bc7">Skelmersdale</a></td><td>1964-1984<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Stevenage</td><td><a href="/facts/Stevenage/APBBJ1T3">Stevenage</a></td><td>11 Nov 1946 to 1980<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Telford</td><td><a href="/facts/Telford/Qb1zQ8Yh">Telford</a>, <a href="/facts/Shropshire/6JcmluAA">Shropshire</a></td><td>to October 1, 1991</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1991/Uksi_19911980_en_1.htm">[18]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Warrington</td><td><a href="/facts/Warrington/jXHUsNnH">Warrington</a></td><td></td><td>merged to form Warrington and Runcorn</td></tr><tr><td>Warrington and Runcorn</td><td><a href="/facts/Warrington/jXHUsNnH">Warrington</a> and <a href="/facts/Runcorn/BTLu1cJ2">Runcorn</a></td><td>to October 1, 1989</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19891231_en_1.htm">[19]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Washington</td><td><a href="/facts/Washington,_Tyne_and_Wear/tBEeIrJY">Washington</a></td><td>to April 1, 1988</td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19880413_en_1.htm">[20]</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Mayoral development corporations</h3> <p>The <a href="/facts/Localism_Act_2011/QlDjdIEr">Localism Act 2011</a> permitted the <a href="/facts/Mayor_of_London/xg3319oh">Mayor of London</a> to create mayoral development corporations in <a href="/facts/Greater_London/bkKKcJYh">Greater London</a>. The <a href="/facts/Cities_and_Local_Government_Devolution_Act_2016/Iy2ymNtD">Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016</a> permitted the creation of mayoral development corporations in <a href="/facts/Combined_authority/SqJsQDIz">combined authority</a> areas.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Authority</th><th>Area</th><th>Timeframe</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/London_Legacy_Development_Corporation/VmNBDNod">London Legacy Development Corporation</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_London/xg3319oh">Mayor of London</a></td><td><a href="/facts/London_Olympic_Park/IgB5vbfK">London Olympic Park</a></td><td>2012 -</td><td><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/310/contents/made">[21]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Old_Oak_and_Park_Royal_Development_Corporation/obdJKQnT">Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_London/xg3319oh">Mayor of London</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Old_Oak_Common/n7mSu9X2">Old Oak Common</a></td><td>2015 -</td><td><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/53/contents/made">[22]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/South_Tees_Development_Corporation/I06IUjFU">South Tees Development Corporation</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Tees_Valley_Combined_Authority/lY0gABHd">Tees Valley Combined Authority</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Tees_Valley/kGmuXz4y">Tees Valley</a></td><td>2017 -</td><td><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/718/made">[23]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Stockport Town Centre West Development Corporation</td><td><a href="/facts/Greater_Manchester_Combined_Authority/V76l9dLu">Greater Manchester Combined Authority</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Stockport/71xEwuRq">Stockport</a></td><td>2019 -</td><td><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1040/made">[24]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Middlesbrough_Development_Corporation/JV4o6d9F">Middlesbrough Development Corporation</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Tees_Valley_Combined_Authority/lY0gABHd">Tees Valley Combined Authority</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Middlesbrough/Ffefeyvl">Middlesbrough</a></td><td>2023 -</td><td><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/103/made">[25]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Hartlepool Development Corporation</td><td>Tees Valley Combined Authority</td><td>Hartlepool</td><td>2023-</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Economic_development_corporation/GPg3pNet">Economic development corporation</a> in the United States</li> <li><a href="/facts/Laganside_Corporation/lntpEx2D">Laganside Corporation</a>, Urban Development Corporation for Belfast, Northern Ireland</li> <li><a href="/facts/Community_Futures/5W11cubd">Community Futures</a> in Canada</li> <li><a href="/facts/Land_development/W6dVvXjT">Land development</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Honeysuckle Development Corporation. - People and organisations - Trove". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2017-07-15. <a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/643874?c=people" target="_blank">http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/643874?c=people</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Ward, David (18 January 2006). "Redesign hopes to revive Skelmerdale's fortunes". The Guardian. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/jan/18/communities.guardiansocietysupplement2" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/jan/18/communities.guardiansocietysupplement2</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>The Hidden Stevenage ISBN 0 86332 667 6 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"A Beginners Guide to UK Geography (2023)". Open Geography Portal. Office for National Statistics. 24 August 2023. 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