West Northamptonshire Development Corporation

Formation| 15 December 2004
Dissolved| 31 March 2014
Headquarters| Northampton
Location|

* Northamptonshire

Chair

| John Markham OBE

Chief executive

| Peter Mawson
Website| Official website

The West Northamptonshire Development Corporation (WNDC) was an urban Development Corporation to secure the regeneration of the urban development areas of Daventry, Towcester and Northampton in Northamptonshire, England.

## History

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The corporation was established under the provisions of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 in December 2004.[1] It was given additional functions as the planning authority for the area in 2006.[2]

The corporation's flagship projects included the redevelopment of Northampton railway station,[3] a new marina in Becket's Park as part of wider waterside development[4] and the iCon building in Daventry.[5] Around 21,500,000 square feet (2,000,000 m2) of commercial development was approved by the corporation.[6]

The Executive Team in July 2010 consisted of Peter Mawson (Chief Executive), Roger Mendonca (Deputy Chief Executive), Chris Garden (Director of Regeneration and Development), Adrian Arnold (Director of Planning Services), and Bill Allen (Director of Implementation and Delivery).[7]

The corporation was dissolved on 31 March 2014.[8]

## References

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1. ^ "The West Northamptonshire Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 2004". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
2. ^ "The West Northamptonshire Development Corporation (Planning Functions) Order 2006". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
3. ^ "Northampton railway station revamp begins". BBC News. 19 August 2013.
4. ^ "Becket's Park £2.5m marina opens in Northampton". BBC News. 12 March 2012.
5. ^ "iCon Innovation Centre". Daventry District Council. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019.
6. ^ "WNDC enters its final phase". West Northamptonshire Development Corporation. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014.
7. ^ "About us". West Northamptonshire Development Corporation. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014.
8. ^ "The West Northamptonshire Development Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2014". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

## External links

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* West Northamptonshire Development Corporation (GOV.UK)
* West Northamptonshire Development Corporation at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States