Development corporation

Development corporations or development firms are organizations established by governments in several countries for the purpose of urban development. They often are responsible for the development of new suburban areas or the redevelopment of existing ones.

Australia

In Australia development corporations are often responsible for the economic promotion and growth of areas considered to be under-performing economically. Such corporations include:

• Central Coast Development Corporation (1998–); previously known as the Festival Development Corporation
• Cooks Cove Development Corporation; based in The Rocks
• Hunter Development Corporation (2007–); based in Newcastle
• Honeysuckle Development Corporation (1992–2007; merged with the Regional Land Management Corporation to form the Hunter Development Corporation); based in Newcastle
• Macquarie Point Development Corporation (2012–); based in Hobart, Tasmania
• Northern Tasmania Development Corporation (2017-); North Eastern Tasmania, including Launceston.
• South Sydney Development Corporation (1996–2005); responsible for managing the Green Square area

Denmark

• Ørestad Development Corporation (1993–2007); responsible for urban redevelopment of Ørestad. It also constructed parts of the Copenhagen Metro.

India

• City and Industrial Development Corporation (1970–); agency of the Government of Maharashtra. Constructed the planned town of Navi Mumbai. Currently conducting urban infrastructure and new town developments.
• Housing and Urban Development Corporation (1970–); agency of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. Responsible for building affordable housing and managing urban development.

Israel

• Moriah Jerusalem Development Corporation (1986–); established by the Jerusalem Municipality.

South Africa

• Coega Development Corporation
• Eastern Cape Development Corporation
• Free State Development Corporation

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, New Town Development Corporations were organisations established under the New Towns Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 68) by the UK government, charged with the urban development of an area, outside the usual system of Town and Country Planning in the United Kingdom. Originally intended to manage the development of New Towns in the United Kingdom, they were also established for more substantial urban renewal programmes by the Town Development Act 1952.

Urban development corporations in England and Wales

Name	Area	Timeframe	Notes
Birmingham Heartlands		1992–1998	[1]
Black Country	parts of Sandwell and Walsall, in West Midlands	1987–1998	[2]
Bristol	parts of eastern Bristol	1989–1995	[3]
Cardiff Bay	Cardiff docklands area, in City of Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan	1987–2000	[4]
Central Manchester	180 ha of Manchester, near Trafford/Salford border	1988–1996	[5]
Leeds	540 ha of Leeds, along River Aire/Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and south of city centre	1988–1995	[6]
London Docklands	London Docklands	1981–1998
London Thames Gateway	Lower Lea Valley (parts of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest) London Riverside (southern part of Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Newham)	2004–2013
Merseyside	Merseyside	1981–1998
Plymouth	67 ha of Plymouth docklands	1993–1998	[7]
Sheffield	Lower Don Valley	1988–1997	[8]
Teesside	large tracts of land on River Tees, some in Hartlepool	1987–1998	[9]
Thurrock Thames Gateway	Thurrock	2003–2012	[10]
Trafford Park	large area in Trafford and Salford along the Manchester Ship Canal	1987–1998	[11]
Tyne and Wear	banks of the River Tyne and River Wear	1987–1998	[12]
West Northamptonshire	Northamptonshire (parts of Northampton, Daventry and Towcester)	2006–2014

New town development corporations

Name	Area	Timeframe	Notes
Aycliffe and Peterlee	Newton Aycliffe and Peterlee	to April 1, 1988	[13]
Basildon	Basildon
Bracknell	Bracknell
Central Lancashire	Central Lancashire
Corby	Corby
Crawley	Crawley
Cumbernauld	Cumbernauld	to March 31, 1996
Cwmbran	Cwmbran	to April 1, 1988	[14]
Ebbsfleet	Ebbsfleet Valley	2015 -	[15]
East Kilbride	East Kilbride
Glenrothes	Glenrothes
Harlow	Harlow
Hemel Hempstead	Hemel Hempstead
Livingston	Livingston
Milton Keynes	Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire	to April 1, 1992	[16]
Peterborough	Peterborough	to October 1, 1988	[17]
Redditch	Redditch	1964–1985
Runcorn	Runcorn		merged to form Warrington and Runcorn
Skelmersdale	Skelmersdale	1964-1984
Stevenage	Stevenage	11 Nov 1946 to 1980
Telford	Telford, Shropshire	to October 1, 1991	[18]
Warrington	Warrington		merged to form Warrington and Runcorn
Warrington and Runcorn	Warrington and Runcorn	to October 1, 1989	[19]
Washington	Washington	to April 1, 1988	[20]

Mayoral development corporations

The Localism Act 2011 permitted the Mayor of London to create mayoral development corporations in Greater London. The Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 permitted the creation of mayoral development corporations in combined authority areas.

Name	Authority	Area	Timeframe	Notes
London Legacy Development Corporation	Mayor of London	London Olympic Park	2012 -	[21]
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation	Mayor of London	Old Oak Common	2015 -	[22]
South Tees Development Corporation	Tees Valley Combined Authority	Tees Valley	2017 -	[23]
Stockport Town Centre West Development Corporation	Greater Manchester Combined Authority	Stockport	2019 -	[24]
Middlesbrough Development Corporation	Tees Valley Combined Authority	Middlesbrough	2023 -	[25]
Hartlepool Development Corporation	Tees Valley Combined Authority	Hartlepool	2023-

See also

• Economic development corporation in the United States
• Laganside Corporation, Urban Development Corporation for Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Community Futures in Canada
• Land development