UK: New Towns: The Next Generation
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The New Towns Act 1981 s1 provides that the Secretary of State may make an order designating an area as the site of a proposed new town if he is satisfied, after consultation with any local authorities who appear to him to be concerned, that it is expedient in the national interest that the area should be developed as a new town by a corporation established under the Act.
S3 goes on to require the Secretary of State to establish a development corporation for each new town after consulting representatives of local residents and businesses, the county or district councils for an area wholly or partly within the site and anyone else he considers appropriate. Unitary authorities and parish councils can expect to be included in such consultations where they have been consulted on the designation itself.
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