Everything about English Partnerships totally explained
English Partnerships (EP) is the national regeneration agency for
England, performing a similar role on a national level to that fulfilled by
Regional Development Agencies on a
regional level. It is responsible for land acquisition and assembly and major development projects, alone or in joint partnership with private sector developers. It is particularly active in major
regeneration areas such as the
Thames Gateway and in
expansion areas such as
Milton Keynes, where the
Deputy Prime Minister (acting as Environment Minister) removed planning from local control and appointed them as the statutory planning authority.
It is a
non-departmental public body funded through the
Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG), and was previously funded by the
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (the predecessor department to CLG).
English Partnerships is legally two entirely independent bodies set up under separate statutes. One is the
Commission for New Towns, launched in October 1961, which was responsible for the
Development Corporation established by the
New Towns Act 1959 and the other the
Urban Regeneration Agency set up by the
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.
On 17 January 2007
Ruth Kelly, the
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, announced proposals to bring together the delivery functions of the
Housing Corporation, English Partnerships and parts of CLG to form a new unified housing and regeneration agency, the
Homes and Communities Agency (initially announced as "Communities England"), which is likely to become operational during
2008 or
2009.
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