New Towns Acts

British legislation

The New Towns Acts were a series of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to found new settlements or to expand substantially existing ones, to establish Development Corporations to deliver them, and to create a Commission to wind up the Corporations and take over their assets and liabilities. Of these, the more substantive acts were the New Towns Act 1946 and the Town Development Act 1952. "The New Towns Act [1946] was intended to pre-emptively direct urban growth and infrastructural development into new towns, thereby decentralising population and economic opportunity while inhibiting urban sprawl."[1]

New Towns were developed in three generations.

* The first generation set up in the late 1940s concentrated predominantly on housing development with provision for rail and seldom for cars; eight were in a ring around London.
* The second generation in the early 1960s included a wider mix of uses and used more innovative architecture.
* The third generation towns were larger and tended to be designed around car travel.[2]

By 2002, about 2 million people were housed in the New Towns, in about 500,000 homes.[2]

## Background

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The 1944 Abercrombie Plan for London proposed eight new towns within 50 miles (80 km) of London for up to 500,000 people from inner London. Similar recommendations were made for other major conurbations including Manchester and Birmingham. The 1945 Attlee Government set up a New Towns Commission[3] to formally consider how best to repair and rebuild urban communities ravaged in World War II.

In 1945, John Reith, 1st Baron Reith was appointed as chair of the New Towns Commission. The commission concluded that there was a need to construct new towns using the instrument of development corporations supported by central government. The New Towns Act 1946 cemented this vision in 1946 and New Towns were born.

### Reith Commission

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The Reith Commission recommended that:

* the new town developments should have a population of up to 60,000
* they should be built as far as possible on greenfield sites
* there should be predominantly single family housing at low density
* the homes had to be organised in neighbourhoods around a primary school and nursery schools, a pub and shops selling staple foods
* there should be a balance of housing and jobs [4]

## New Towns Act 1946

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United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1946

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to provide for the creation of new towns by means of development corporations, and for purposes connected therewith.
Citation| 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 68
Dates
Royal assent| 1 August 1946

> An Act to provide for the creation of new towns by means of development corporations, and for purposes connected therewith.[5]

The New Towns Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 68) was the act that put into law the conclusions of the New Towns Commission. The act authorised the government to designate areas as new towns, passing development control functions to a New Town Development Corporation. Several new towns were created in the years following its passage. The act was replaced by the New Towns Act 1965 and, later, the New Towns Act 1981.

### New Town development corporations

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The act set up development corporations which were responsible for the management, design and development of New Towns. These were public corporations financed by the government through Treasury loans. The boards were appointed by central government; importantly, they were given planning and compulsory purchase order powers.

Their first task was to draw up development frameworks for a mix of housing, offices, industrial development, transport infrastructure and open space.[6]

## Town Development Act 1952

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United Kingdom legislation

Town Development Act 1952

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to encourage town development in county districts for the relief of congestion or over-population elsewhere, and for related purposes, and to repeal subsection (5) of section nineteen of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1944, and part of subsection (1) of section five of the New Towns Act, 1946.
Citation| 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 54

Status: Amended

Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Town Development Act 1952 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

Further information: Overspill estate

Although not formally a "New Towns Act", the Town Development Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 54) uses the powers established by the 1946 act to expand existing towns to achieve the same or similar purposes.[7][8] The introduction to the act gives its purpose: "An Act to encourage town development in county districts for the relief of congestion or over-population elsewhere, and for related purposes, [etc]".[9] It was this act that enabled London County Council to establish its overspill estates as far away as Cornwall and Northamptonshire. By 1973, over 40 new and expanded towns were described in Parliament as "London overspill".[10] The Act, despite being "obscure and almost forgotten", is credited as having a "significant effect upon the pattern of urban development" in the UK.[11]

## New Towns Acts 1952, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1964, 1966 and 1969

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United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1952

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to increase the amount of the advances which may be made under section twelve of the New Towns Act, 1946.
Citation| 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 27
Dates
Royal assent| 26 June 1952
Other legislation
Repealed by| New Towns Act 1955

Status: Repealed

Text of statute as originally enacted

United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1953

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to increase the amount of the advances which may be made to development corporations under section twelve of the New Towns Act, 1946.
Citation| 1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 38
Dates
Royal assent| 31 July 1953
Other legislation
Repealed by| New Towns Act 1955

Status: Repealed

Text of statute as originally enacted

United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1955

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to increase the amount of the advances which may be made to development corporations under section twelve of the New Towns Act, 1946.
Citation| 3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 4
Dates
Royal assent| 29 March 1955
Other legislation
Repealed by| New Towns Act 1958

Status: Repealed

United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1958

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to increase the aggregate amount of the advances which may be made to development corporations under subsection (1) of section twelve of the New Towns Act, 1946; and to amend section thirteen of that Act in respect of the reports and accounts to be laid before Parliament.
Citation| 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 12
Dates
Royal assent| 20 February 1958
Other legislation
Repealed by| New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968

Status: Repealed

Text of statute as originally enacted

United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1964

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to make fresh provision respecting the limits on the amount of the advances which may be made to development corporations under section 12(1) of the New Towns Act 1946 and the Commission for the New Towns under section 3(1) of the New Towns Act 1959.
Citation| 1964 c. 8
Dates
Royal assent| 27 February 1964
Other legislation
Repealed by|

* New Towns Act 1965
* New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968

Status: Repealed

Text of statute as originally enacted

United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1966

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to raise the limit on advances imposed by section 43 of the New Towns Act 1965; to amend the Land Compensation Act 1961 and the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963 in connection with extensions made after the commencement of this Act to the areas of new towns; to repeal provisions of section 46 of the New Towns Act 1965 and section 13 of the New Towns Act 1946 relating to certain accounts and reports; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation| 1966 c. 44
Dates
Royal assent| 13 December 1966
Other legislation
Repealed by| New Towns Act 1981

Status: Repealed

Text of statute as originally enacted

United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1969

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to raise the limit on advances imposed by section 43 of the New Towns Act 1965, as amended by subsequent enactments.
Citation| 1969 c. 5
Dates
Royal assent| 6 March 1969
Other legislation
Repealed by| New Towns Act 1971

Status: Repealed

Text of statute as originally enacted

These were brief acts to increase the maximum borrowings permitted to fund the developments.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

## New Towns Act 1959

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United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1959

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to make, as respects England and Wales, new provision in place of section fifteen of the New Towns Act, 1946, as to the disposal of the undertakings of development corporations and other matters arising when a development corporation has achieved or substantially achieved the purposes for which it is established; to amend the law relating to development corporations by increasing the limit on the advances which may be made to them under sub section (1) of section twelve of that Act, by providing for housing subsidies to be wholly or partly withheld in respect of dwellings disposed of by them, and by authorising them to make contributions towards the provision of amenities; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation| 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 62
Dates
Royal assent| 29 July 1959
Other legislation
Repealed by| New Towns Act 1981

Status: Repealed

> An Act to make, as respects England and Wales, new provision in place of section fifteen of the New Towns Act, 1946, as to the disposal of the undertakings of development corporations and other matters arising when a development corporation has achieved or substantially achieved the purposes for which it is established; to amend the law relating to development corporations by increasing the limit on the advances which may be made to them under sub section (1) of section twelve of that Act, by providing for housing subsidies to be wholly or partly withheld in respect of dwellings disposed of by them, and by authorising them to make contributions towards the provision of amenities; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.[19]

The New Towns Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 62) established the Commission for New Towns.[a] Under this Act, "the Minister of Housing and Local Government was authorised to set up a Commission on New Towns to take over the functions of the development corporations whose purposes had, in his opinion, been achieved or substantially achieved".[20]

## New Towns Act 1965

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United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1965

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to new towns and to matters connected therewith, being (except in the case of section 1(1) of the New Towns Act 1964) those enactments in their application to England and Wales; with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.
Citation| 1965 c. 59
Territorial extent | England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent| 5 August 1965
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes|

* Town and Country Planning Act 1944
* New Towns Act 1958
* New Towns Act 1964
* New Towns (No. 2) Act 1964

Repealed by| New Towns Act 1981

Status: Repealed

Text of statute as originally enacted

> It may startle some political economists to talk of commencing the building of new cities ... planned as cities from their first foundation, and not mere small towns and villages. ... A time will arrive when something of this sort must be done ... England cannot escape from the alternative of new city building.

> — T. J. Maslen, 1843[21]

The New Towns Act 1965 (c. 59) substantially rewrote and consolidated the 1946 act.[22] While continuing the authority to establish further new towns, the act gives the Commission for the New Towns the task of "taking over, holding, managing and turning to account the property previously vested in the development corporation for a new town".[22]: 1314

Several new towns were created in the years following its passing. Its most immediate use was the designation of Milton Keynes in 1967, which was envisaged to become a "new city" of 250,000 people.[23] The 1965 act replaced the 1946 act and was replaced in turn by the 1981 act.

## New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965

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United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965

Act of Parliament

Parliament of Northern Ireland

Long title| An Act to make provision for the creation of new towns, for the exercise by new town commissions of certain functions in relation to such towns, for the expansion or development of existing towns, and for purposes related to those matters.
Citation| 1965 c. 13 (N.I.)
Territorial extent | Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent| 24 June 1965

Status: Current legislation

Text of the New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

Further information: New towns in the United Kingdom § Northern Ireland

Since most of the acts did not apply to Northern Ireland (and some not to Scotland), an equivalent act, the New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 (c. 13 (N.I.)), was passed in 1965 by the Parliament of Northern Ireland.[24] Following the act, Craigavon was designated in July 1965.[25]

## New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968

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United Kingdom legislation

New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to new towns and to matters connected therewith being those enactments in their application to Scotland; with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.
Citation| 1968 c. 16
Territorial extent | Scotland
Dates
Royal assent| 28 March 1968
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes|

* New Towns Act 1946
* New Towns Act 1958
* New Towns Act 1964
* New Towns (No. 2) Act 1964

Text of statute as originally enacted

The New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 16) established equivalent legal powers in Scotland.[26]

## New Towns Acts 1971, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1987

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United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1971

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to raise the limit on advances imposed by section 43 of the New Towns Act 1965, as amended by subsequent enactments.
Citation| 1971 c. 81
Dates
Royal assent| 16 December 1971
Other legislation
Repealed by| New Towns Act 1975

Status: Repealed

United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1975

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to raise the limits imposed by the New Towns Act 1965 on the amounts which may be borrowed by the development corporations for new towns and the Commission for the New Towns and make provision for the payment of pensions to chairmen of development corporations and of remuneration and allowances to members of committees conducting business for the Commission.
Citation| 1975 c. 42
Dates
Royal assent| 3 July 1975
Other legislation
Repealed by| New Towns Act 1981

Status: Repealed

United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1977

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to increase the limit imposed by section 43 of the New Towns Act 1965 on the amounts which may be borrowed by development corporations and the Commission for the New Towns.
Citation| 1977 c. 23
Dates
Royal assent| 22 July 1977
Other legislation
Repealed by| New Towns Act 1981

Status: Repealed

United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1980

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to increase the limit imposed by section 43 of the New Towns Act 1965 on the amounts which may be borrowed by development corporations and the Commission for the New Towns.
Citation| 1980 c. 36
Dates
Royal assent| 30 June 1980
Other legislation
Repealed by| New Towns Act 1981

Status: Repealed

United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1982

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to increase the limit imposed by section 60 of the New Towns Act 1981 on the amounts which may be borrowed by development corporations and the Commission for the New Towns.
Citation| 1982 c. 7
Dates
Royal assent| 25 February 1982

Status: Current legislation

Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the New Towns Act 1982 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

United Kingdom legislation

Urban Development Corporations (Financial Limits) Act 1987

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to remove the limit on the amount of grants that may be made to urban development corporations and to provide a new limit applicable only to the amounts for the time being outstanding in respect of sums borrowed by them and sums issued by the Treasury in fulfilment of guarantees of their debts.
Citation| 1987 c. 57
Dates
Royal assent| 17 December 1987
Text of the Urban Development Corporations (Financial Limits) Act 1987 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

These acts "increase the limit imposed by section 43 of the New Towns Act 1965 on the amounts which may be borrowed by development corporations and the Commission for the New Towns".[27]

## New Towns (Amendment) Act 1976

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United Kingdom legislation

New Towns (Amendment) Act 1976

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to provide for the transfer to district councils of the interest of the Commission for the New Towns and development corporations in dwellings and of any associated property, rights, liabilities and obligations; to increase the maximum number of members of development corporations; and for connected purposes.
Citation| 1976 c. 68
Dates
Royal assent| 15 November 1976
Other legislation
Repealed by| New Towns Act 1981

Status: Repealed

Among other functions, the New Towns (Amendment) Act 1976 (c. 68) provided for "the interest of the Commission for the New Towns and [the] development corporations in dwellings and of any associated property, rights, liabilities and obligations" to be transferred to district councils.[28]

## New Towns (Scotland) Act 1977

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United Kingdom legislation

New Towns (Scotland) Act 1977

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to make provision as respects the revocation or variation of orders made under section 1, 2 or 5(1) of the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968; and for connected purposes.
Citation| 1977 c. 16
Territorial extent | Scotland
Dates
Royal assent| 26 May 1977
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1977 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The New Towns (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 16) amended the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968, notably to include the option to cancel a new town proposal.[29]

## New Towns Act 1981

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United Kingdom legislation

New Towns Act 1981

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to new towns and connected matters, being (except for section 43 of the New Towns Act 1965 and sections 126 and 127 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 and certain related provisions) enactments which apply only to England and Wales.
Citation| 1981 c. 64
Territorial extent | England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent| 30 October 1981
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes|

* New Towns Act 1959
* New Towns Act 1965
* New Towns Act 1966
* New Towns Act 1975
* New Towns (Amendment) Act 1976
* New Towns Act 1977
* New Towns Act 1980

Status: Amended

Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the New Towns Act 1981 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

United Kingdom legislation

New Towns and Urban Development Corporations Act 1985

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to make provision with respect to certain matters connected with new towns; to amend paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 31 to the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980; and for connected purposes.
Citation| 1985 c. 5
Dates
Royal assent| 11 March 1985

Status: Current legislation

Text of the New Towns and Urban Development Corporations Act 1985 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64) is an "Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to new towns and connected matters, being (except for section 43 of the New Towns Act 1965 and sections 126 and 127 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 and certain related provisions) enactments which apply only to England and Wales."[30]

## Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990

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United Kingdom legislation

Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to establish public bodies to be known as Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise and to make provision as to their functions; to dissolve the Scottish Development Agency and the Highlands and Islands Development Board; to make further provision as regards new towns in Scotland; and for connected purposes.
Citation| 1990 c. 35
Territorial extent | Scotland
Dates
Royal assent| 26 July 1990

Status: Amended

Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35) replaced the Scottish Development Agency and the Highlands and Islands Development Board with Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and authorised development of further new towns in Scotland.[31]

## New Towns (Amendment) Act 1994

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United Kingdom legislation

New Towns (Amendment) Act 1994

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to amend Schedule 9 to the New Towns Act 1981.
Citation| 1994 c. 5
Territorial extent | England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent| 24 March 1994
Other legislation
Repealed by| Housing and Regeneration Act 2008

Status: Repealed

Text of statute as originally enacted

The New Towns (Amendment) Act 1994 (c. 5) establishes sub-committees of the Commission for New Towns, with authority to act on matters proper to them.[32]

## Towns

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Main article: New towns in the United Kingdom

The following towns were created under various New Towns Acts:

### England

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Name | County[b] | Year designated | Built‑up area
population[c] | Note

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Basildon | Essex | 1949 | 144,859[33] | Population is for Basildon and Wickford built-up area
Basingstoke | Hampshire | 1961 | 107,642[34] | London overspill expansion, not New Towns Act
Bracknell | Berkshire | 1949 | 77,256[35] |
Central Lancashire | Lancashire | 1970 | 313,332[36] | Development of Preston, Leyland and Chorley urban area, using New Towns Act powers.
Corby | Northamptonshire | 1950 | 56,810[37] |
Crawley | Sussex | 1947 | 180,508[38] | Existing town substantially expanded. Urban area includes Gatwick Airport and Horley
Harlow | Essex | 1947 | 82,059[39] |
Hatfield | Hertfordshire | 1948 | 41,677[40] | Urban area includes Colney Heath and Welham Green
Hemel Hempstead | Hertfordshire | 1947 | 94,932[41] | Built-up area includes Kings Langley
Milton Keynes | Buckinghamshire | 1967 | 229,941[42] | Existing towns and villages substantially expanded and infilled. As of the 2011 census, the Milton Keynes urban area includes Newport Pagnell and Woburn Sands, which were outside the original designated area.
Newton Aycliffe | County Durham | 1947 | 25,964[43] |
Northampton | Northamptonshire | 1968 | 215,963[44] | Existing town significantly expanded
Peterborough | Northamptonshire,
Cambridgeshire[d] | 1967 | 163,379[45] | Existing city substantially expanded
Peterlee | County Durham | 1948 | 27,871[46] |
Redditch | Worcestershire | 1964 | 82,253[47] | Existing town substantially expanded
Runcorn | Cheshire | 1963 | 62,872[48] |
Skelmersdale | Lancashire | 1961 | 34,455[49] |
Stevenage | Hertfordshire | 1946 | 90,232[50] |
Swindon | Wiltshire | 1952 | 185,609[51] | Existing town substantially expanded
Telford | Shropshire | 1963 and 1968 | 147,980[52] | Existing towns substantially expanded and infilled.
Warrington | Lancashire | 1968 | 165,456[53] | Existing town substantially expanded
Washington | Tyne and Wear | 1964 | 67,085[54] |

### Scotland

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Name | County[b] | Year designated | Built‑up area
population[c] | Note

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Cumbernauld | North Lanarkshire | 1955 | 52,270[55] |
East Kilbride | South Lanarkshire | 1947 | 74,395[55] |
Glenrothes | Fife | 1948 | 39,277[55] |
Irvine | North Ayrshire | 1966 | 33,698[55] | Ancient Royal Burgh, substantially expanded
Livingston | West Lothian | 1962 | 56,269[55] |

### Wales

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Name | County[b] | Year designated | Built‑up area
population[c] | Note

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Cwmbran | Gwent | 1949 | 46,915[56] | Now part of the Newport built-up area
Newtown | Powys | 1967 | 11,357[57] | Substantial expansion of existing town

### Northern Ireland

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Name | County[b] | Year designated | Built‑up area
population[c] | Note

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Craigavon | Armagh | 1965 | 64,193[58] | Intended as a linear town to encompass Portadown and Lurgan, but has not yet done so. The population figure is for this statistical area and thus may be misleading.
Antrim | Antrim | 1966 | 25,353[59] | Expansion of an existing town
Ballymena | Antrim | 1967 | 29,467[60] | Expansion of existing town and nearby villages
Derry | Londonderry | 1969 | 91,602[61] | Expansion of an existing city

## See also

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* Millennium Communities Programme
* English land law
* Town and country planning in the United Kingdom

### Similar spelling

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* Newtown Act 1747–8 act of the Parliament of Ireland

## Notes

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1. ^ Not to be confused with the 1945 New Towns Commission
2. ^ a b c d Ceremonial county
3. ^ a b c d As at 2011 Census
4. ^ reallocated in 1974

## References

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2. ^ a b Regions Nineteenth Report 2002, para.22.
3. ^ Regions Nineteenth Report 2002, para.5.
4. ^ Regions Nineteenth Report 2002, para.6.
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6. ^ Regions Nineteenth Report 2002, para.21.
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11. ^ Chris Couch (2021). Planned Urban Development : Learning from Town Expansion Schemes in the UK and Europe. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 1.
12. ^ The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures of 1952. HMSO. 1952. p. 598.
13. ^ The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures of 1953. HMSO. 1953. p. 459.
14. ^ The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures of 1955. HMSO. 1955. p. 2.
15. ^ The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures of 1958. HMSO. 1959. p. 59.
16. ^ The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures 1964. HMSO. 1965. p. 24.
17. ^ The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures of 1966. HMSO. 1966. p. 783.
18. ^ The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures of 1969. HMSO. 1969. p. 9.
19. ^ The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures 1959. HMSO. 1960. p. 1076.
20. ^ "Records of the New Towns Division". National Archives. 1948–2008.
21. ^ Maslen, T. J. (1843). Suggestions for the improvement of Our Towns and Houses. London: Smith, Elder. (Quoted in Walter L Crease, The search for Environment, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1966, p319).
22. ^ a b The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures of 1965. Vol. 2\. HMSO. 5 August 1965. p. 1283.
23. ^ The South East Study 1961–1981 (Report). London: HMSO. 1964. Retrieved 27 November 2006. "A big change in the economic balance within the south east is needed to modify the dominance of London and to get a more even distribution of growth"
24. ^ "New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965". Government of Northern Ireland. 24 June 1965. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
25. ^ "No. 2317". The Belfast Gazette. 6 August 1965. p. 274.
26. ^ The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures of 1968. HMSO. 1968. p. 261.
27. ^ "New Towns Act 1982", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 25 February 1982, 1982 c. 7, retrieved 25 November 2021, for example.
28. ^ "New Towns (Amendment) Act 1976 | 1976 CHAPTER 68". Vlex. 15 November 1976. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
29. ^ "New Towns (Scotland) Act 1977", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 26 May 1977, 1977 c. 16, retrieved 25 November 2021
30. ^ "New Towns Act 1981", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 30 October 1981, 1981 c. 64, retrieved 25 November 2021
31. ^ "Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 26 July 1990, 1990 c. 35, retrieved 25 November 2021
32. ^ "New Towns (Amendment) Act 1994", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 24 March 1994, 1994 c. 5, retrieved 25 November 2021
33. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Basildon BUA (E34004645)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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## Sources

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* "Select Committee on Transport, Local Government and the Regions Nineteenth Report". www.parliament.uk. Select Committee on Transport, Local Government and the Regions. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016. "licensed under Open Government Licence"

## External links

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* Text of the New Towns Act 1946 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
* The Town and Country Planning Association's (TCPA) New Towns resources - including New Towns Network and All Parliamentarian Group