British New Towns movement

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town planning policy urban planning movement

The British New Towns movement was a mid-20th-century UK urban planning initiative that created planned towns to relieve overcrowded cities and promote balanced regional development.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
British New Towns movement canonical	3
New Towns movement	2
British new towns movement	1
Landscape design at the New Towns of Britain (various studies and schemes)	1
New Town movement in the United States	1
New Towns in the United Kingdom	1
UK new towns programme	1
United Kingdom new towns movement	1
United Kingdom new towns programme	1
new town movement	1
new towns movement	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	town planning policy ⓘ urban planning movement ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	England ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
characteristic	integration of green spaces ⓘ neighbourhood-based community planning ⓘ provision of local employment ⓘ separation of pedestrians and vehicles ⓘ state-planned settlements ⓘ zoned land uses ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime	late 20th century ⓘ
hasEffect	creation of designated new towns ⓘ creation of new employment centres ⓘ creation of pedestrianised town centres ⓘ development of neighbourhood units ⓘ expansion of suburban and exurban areas ⓘ green belts around major cities ⓘ large-scale public housing construction ⓘ planned road networks and segregated traffic systems ⓘ population dispersal from London ⓘ population dispersal from other major cities ⓘ state-led land acquisition ⓘ
hasPart	first generation new towns ⓘ second generation new towns ⓘ third generation new towns ⓘ
implementedBy	Ministry of Town and Country Planning ⓘ Scotland Office ⓘ surface form: Scottish Office UK government ⓘ surface form: UK central government Welsh Office ⓘ development corporations ⓘ
inceptionBasedOn	New Towns Act 1946 ⓘ New Towns Act 1949 ⓘ New Towns Act 1959 ⓘ New Towns Act 1965 ⓘ New Towns Act 1981 ⓘ
influencedBy	Garden city movement ⓘ surface form: Garden City movement ideas of Ebenezer Howard ⓘ
legacy	influence on later planned communities in the UK ⓘ ongoing management of former new towns ⓘ
mainObjective	balanced regional development ⓘ decentralisation of population and industry ⓘ improvement of housing conditions ⓘ planned urban growth ⓘ relief of overcrowding in large cities ⓘ
notableExample	Basildon ⓘ Craigavon ⓘ Cumbernauld ⓘ East Kilbride ⓘ Glenrothes ⓘ Harlow ⓘ Livingston ⓘ Milton Keynes ⓘ Peterlee ⓘ Redditch ⓘ Runcorn ⓘ Skelmersdale ⓘ Stevenage ⓘ Telford ⓘ Washington, Tyne and Wear ⓘ
policyArea	economic development ⓘ housing policy ⓘ land use planning ⓘ regional planning ⓘ transport planning ⓘ
startTime	1946 ⓘ
timePeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ post-World War II era ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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Garden city movement → influenced → British New Towns movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Towns in the United Kingdom

Scottish new towns programme → partOf → British New Towns movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom new towns movement

Ebenezer Howard → influenced → British New Towns movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: new towns movement

Radburn planning principles → influenced → British New Towns movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Towns movement

Raymond Unwin → influenced → British New Towns movement ⓘ

Letchworth Garden City → influenced → British New Towns movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: British new towns movement

post-war Britain → hasPart → British New Towns movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Towns movement

Lake Anne Village Center → significantFor → British New Towns movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Town movement in the United States

Robert E. Simon Jr. → movement → British New Towns movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: new town movement

Geoffrey Jellicoe → notableWork → British New Towns movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Landscape design at the New Towns of Britain (various studies and schemes)

New Towns Act 1949 → partOf → British New Towns movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom new towns programme

New Towns Act 1981 → subjectOf → British New Towns movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: UK new towns programme

Radburn, New Jersey → influenced → British New Towns movement ⓘ