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re-imagining garden cities for the 21st century benefits and lessons in bringing forward comprehensively planned new communities

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Re-imagining Garden Cities for the 21st Century: Benefits and Lessons in Bringing forward Comprehensively Planned New Communities © TCPA. Published July 2011 Town and Country Planning Association 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AS t: [phone] www.tcpa.org.uk

Acknowledgements
The TCPA gratefully acknowledges the support and input of Land Securities. The TCPA is indebted to all those who gave their time and energy to attend workshops and give interviews to inform this report. Particular thanks are extended to those who helped with hosting the workshops from Stevenage Borough Council and Peterborough City Council and to Graeme Bell in Welwyn Garden City. Photographs courtesy of Land Securities (pp. 13 & 16), O&H Properties (p. 23), Stevenage Borough Council (pp. 11 & 27), Welwyn Garden City Heritage Trust (p.11), and Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (p. 33).

re-imagining garden cities for the 21st century benefits and lessons in bringing forward comprehensively planned new communities
Contents
Foreword Executive Summary 1 Setting the scene for new comprehensively planned communities 1.1 The development of the Garden City and the New Towns programme 1.2 Learning the lessons – useful insights for today 1.3 The benefits of comprehensively planned new communities 1.4 A fresh perspective – localism, incentives and economic growth Theme 1: The new settlements experience – governance 2.1 How were people and local communities involved in the planning process? 2.2 People and planning – exploring new models Theme 2: The new settlements experience – the vision and the masterplan 3.1 The principles and vision behind the masterplan 3.2 Translating the vision into a masterplan 3.3 Adapting to change, and the challenges of the physical form Theme 3: The new settlements experience – implementation 4.1 Models