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Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Formation	2015
Headquarters	Ebbsfleet
Official language	English
Chair	Simon Dudley
Key people	Ian Piper
Website	ebbsfleetgardencity.org.uk

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation was established in 2015 to develop land, primarily for housing, in Ebbsfleet, North Kent in England.

History

The corporation was established as part of an initiative by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, in April 2015 during the Cameron–Clegg coalition. As with the development corporations formed in the 1980s, board members are directly appointed by the minister and can override local authority planning controls to spend government money on infrastructure.

Its flagship developments include a development known as Ebbsfleet Central which is to be the commercial centre of Ebbsfleet Garden City. As with earlier garden cities, Ebbsfleet intends to deploy the design concepts developed by the Garden city movement, which involve affordable housing, plentiful green space and low-carbon transport.

The corporation was given a target to persuade housebuilders to deliver 15,000 houses in the designated area. As of March 2020, the corporation had invested £100 million on infrastructure to support the development, but housebuilders had only delivered 2,000 houses in the area. In February 2024, the corporation reported that housebuilders had delivered 4,000 houses in the area.

References

1. "Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 2015". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
2. "Can new towns give Keir Starmer the answer to Britain's housing crisis?". The Guardian. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
3. "About Us". Ebbsfleet Development Corporation. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
4. "FAQs". Ebbsfleet Development Corporation. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
5. "The challenges facing the Ebbsfleet garden city project". Planning Resource. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
6. "Pastures new: From Ebenezer to Ebbsfleet". Building. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
7. "Britain's newest 'garden city' is about to get much bigger". Time Out. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
8. "Politics of renewal: Labour's vision for 'new towns'". CBRE. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

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