Urban Development Corporations

Urban Development Corporations (UDCs) are non-departmental public bodies which were established under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. They were limited-life bodies tasked with a broad remit to secure the regeneration of their designated areas and were all wound up by the mid-1990s.

The London Thames Gateway UDC (established May 2004) will take
forward the strategic regeneration of the Lower Lea Valley and
Barking-Havering Riverside. In all, parts of six London boroughs will
benefit - Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Barking and Dagenham, Havering,
Newham and Waltham Forest. The UDC is currently working on its
overarching strategy for these areas along with finalising the
regeneration frameworks for the Lower Lea and London Riverside.

West Northamptonshire UDC was established on 15 December 2004 and work
is ongoing on establishing its powers and administrative structure.