Newton Aycliffe, United Kingdom, Europe
Year 1947 latitude: 54° 36' longitude: -1° 33' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Development Corporation Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants 26,000 (2011) Target population 45,000 Town website https://www.durham.gov.uk/ Town related links https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/2385/Regeneration-Statement http://www.newtonnews.co.uk/newton-aycliffe-70th-anniversary/ Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
"Following a period of decline resulting from the collapse of the coal-mining industry in the area, in 1945 the premises of a Second World War Royal Ordnance factory were handed over to private industry and over 60 firms located to the town. The Government proposed a New Town of 20,000 people (subsequently revised down to 10,000 after protests from Durham County Council), initially to provide housing for the employees of the industrial estate created by the disposal of the Royal Ordnance factory. However, housing expansion and industrial growth were later seen as complementary aims for the future development of the New Town. In 1966 a large extension increased the projected population by 2,000 people. Today Newtown Aycliffe has an important sub-regional economic role as a main town in South Durham." source: Town & Country Planning Association (TCPA) https://www.tcpa.org.uk/newton-aycliffe
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