London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
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|formation = 2004
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|type = Development Corporation
|headquarters = London
|location = Lower Lea Valley and London Riverside
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|leader_title = Chair
|leader_name = Lorraine Baldry{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/lorraine-baldry|title= Lorraine Baldry|publisher=Gov.uk|access-date=5 June 2025}}
Sir Bob Lane{{cite news|url=https://www.propertyweek.com/news/sir-bob-lane-to-head-up-london-thames-gateway-development-corporation|title=Sir Bob Lane to head up London Thames Gateway Development Corporation|newspaper=Property Week|date=20 November 2008|access-date=5 June 2025}}
|leader_title2= Chief executive
|leader_name2 = Peter Andrews{{cite web|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/thames-gateway-corporation-unveils-senior-team|title=Thames Gateway corporation unveils senior team|date=22 March 2005|newspaper=Architects' Journal|access-date=5 June 2025}}
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The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (LTGDC) was a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Communities and Local Government, with directors appointed by the Secretary of State, including some democratically elected councillors. It was an urban Development Corporation charged with redevelopment of two areas of northeast London, England that are within the Thames Gateway.
History
The corporation was formed in 2004. From October 2005, it took over certain planning functions from the councils of the borough councils in its designated area. The Lower Lea Valley area was formed of parts of the boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest.{{cite web |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2004/04164201.gif | title=The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 2004 (Map)}} The London Riverside area was on the north bank of the River Thames and is formed from parts of the boroughs of Newham, Barking and Dagenham and Havering. The London Riverside area was contiguous with the area covered by the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LhxbPveLkxEC&pg=PA60&dq=%22Thurrock+Thames+Gateway+Development+Corporation%22+Area+and+Constitution+2003+order#q=%22Thurrock%20Thames%20Gateway%20Development%20Corporation%22%20Area%20and%20Constitution%202003%20order|title=Architect's Legal Pocket Book|first= Matthew |last=Cousins|publisher=Taylor & Francis Group|year=2015|page=60|isbn=978-1138821446}}
In the interests of localism, the 2010 coalition government announced its intention to close the corporation. Its functions were transferred back to the local boroughs and to the new London Legacy Development Corporation in April 2011, before it was wound down during 2012 and abolished on 28 February 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/110/contents/made|title=The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2013|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-28}} Land assets transferred to GLA Land and Property, a subsidiary company of the Greater London Authority.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ebyWDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA247&dq=%22London+Thames+Gateway+Development+Corporation%22+2013#q=%22London%20Thames%20Gateway%20Development%20Corporation%22%202013|title=Urban Sustainability and River Restoration: Green and Blue Infrastructure|first1= Katia |last1=Perini|first2= Paola |last2=Sabbion|publisher=Wiley|year=2017|isbn=978-1-119-24496-7}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2004/20041642.htm The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 2004]
- [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20052721.htm The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 2005]
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Category:Defunct public bodies of the United Kingdom
Category:Development Corporations of the United Kingdom
Category:Waterfront redevelopment organizations
Category:Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government