The LDDC History Pages

The London Docklands Development Corporation 1981 -1998

- telling the story

The BBC's London Walk - A Thames Tour of Rotherhithe, is now live on the BBC website.
(Webmaster: July 2005)

Overview of LDDC Accounts 1981-98 - in 2007 the National Audit Office conducted an analysis -more details

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Introduction

FOR nearly seventeen years, between July 1981 and March 1998, the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) worked to secure the regeneration of the London Docklands, an area of eight-and-a-half square miles stretching across parts of the East End Boroughs of of Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Newham

The area was transformed and the work of the Corporation attracted worldwide attention not least in academic circles. In its lifetime the LDDC responded to this interest through the provision of resources of all kinds but following its winding up in 1998 it has become increasingly difficult to obtain LDDC publications and other historic material about its work. The site seeks to help in filling the gap. The number of visitors to the the site has grown enormously and especially among students from schools and colleges thoughout the world. Among our other visitors are agencies responsible for the regeneration of urban areas world-wide.

The site is run as a free service to students by three of the partners in IJP Community Regeneration who, between them, worked for LDDC for more than 30 years.  The site is hosted free of charge by Zyne Technologies who support the site as an educational resource.

What was LDDC?  

THE LDDC was an urban development corporation, the second to be established by the Government under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. Click here for a brief overview about the Corporation, its powers and achievements. Also available are copies of the slides used in a presentation given in 2004 by a former LDDC officer  who served throughout the whole period of the Corporation's life - click here to see a .pdf copy (2798 kb).

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