London Docklands Development Corporation information
English regeneration agency (1981–1998)
London Docklands Development Corporation
Formation
1981
Dissolved
1998
Headquarters
London
Official language
English
Chairmen
Sir Nigel Broackes
Sir Christopher Benson
Sir David Hardy
Sir Michael Pickard
Key people
Reg Ward
Eric Sorenson
Neil Spence
Roger Squire
The Docklands Light Railway at South Quay in 1991, both built as a result of LDDC interventions
The London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) was a quango agency set up by the UK Government in 1981 to regenerate the depressed Docklands area of east London.[1] During its seventeen-year existence, it was responsible for regenerating an area of 8.5 square miles (22 km2) in the London Boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets and Southwark. LDDC helped to create Canary Wharf, Surrey Quays shopping centre, London City Airport, ExCeL Exhibition Centre, London Arena and the Docklands Light Railway, bringing more than 120,000 new jobs to the Docklands and making the area highly sought after for housing. Although initially fiercely resisted by local councils and residents, today it is generally regarded as having been a success and is now used as an example of large-scale regeneration, although tensions between older and more recent residents remain.
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