Corby, United Kingdom, Europe
Year 1950 latitude: 52° 28' longitude: -0° 40' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Development Corporation Nationality initiator(s) U.K. Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants 59,000 (2011) Target population 80,000 Town website http://www.corby.gov.uk/ Town related links 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
"Increased demand for iron and steel in the late 1940s led to the expansion of steelworks at Corby as a ‘matter of national importance’. Corby was initially designated to provide homes for the expanded workforce, but there was an intention to encourage new industries to diversify the employment offer. The designated area was subsequently expanded to accommodate some of London’s overspill, despite being located over 100 kilometres from the capital. The modern Corby has an ambitious programme of regeneration and growth, working towards doubling the population with a complementary increase in jobs, prosperity and the quality of local public services. Major development, including town centre regeneration, has already begun to transform the area, which, in percentage terms, has the fastest-growing population in the country." source: Town & Country Planning Association (TCPA) https://www.tcpa.org.uk/corby
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