Mayoral Development Corporations (MDCs) and opportunity areas
The London Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee is doing an investigation on London’s 2 Mayoral Development Corporations, one for the Olympic Park and surrounding areas (LLDC) and one for Old Oak and Park Royal (OPDC). Just Space has been involved in both areas and has submitted evidence in advance of the Committee’s meeting (originally scheduled for March 2022, then May but now November 23 2022).
Our 18 November blog post is an update and further statement for the November committee meeting and our post of 3 December updates the saga ready for the Budget and Performance scrutiny on 7 December.
This landing page brings the material together up to 2023.
Download the Just Space evidence PDF (from may 2022)
Supporting documents: These are publications not otherwise available online when the Just Space evidence was compiled.
Cllr Nick Sharman paper on LLDC planning and housing (revised October 2022)
Peterson letter to Liz Peace & David Lunts 2019
OONF evidence to Assembly P&R committee 2022
OONF evidence to Budget & Performance Committee December 2022
Professor Jennifer Robinson letter of 6 December 2022
Harlesden NF progress review of OPDC 2022
30 June Guardian has an important long article on the Olympic MDC by Olly Wainwright https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/30/a-massive-betrayal-how-londons-olympic-legacy-was-sold-out
8 July Richard Brown (recently deputy head of Centre for London) paints an opposite picture, crediting Boris Johnson with having done a great job https://www.onlondon.co.uk/richard-brown-what-boris-johnson-did-for-the-queen-elizabeth-olympic-park
The same Assembly Committee recently had a discussion on Opportunity Areas, the result of which is reported and discussed in our blog post here.
Our letter to the chairs and members of both committees 3 December 2022, in a blog post https://justspace.org.uk/2022/12/03/mayors-development-corporations-not-going-well
Charles Wright article on the Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee meeting. 29 November 2022 on MDCs