Peterlee, United Kingdom, Europe
Year 1948 latitude: 54° 46' longitude: -1° 19' Period Mark 1 Initiator(s) Planning organization Development Corporation Nationality initiator(s) U.K. Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants 20,000 (2011) Target population 30,000 Town website https://www.durham.gov.uk/ Town related links http://www.easington.gov.uk https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/2385/Regeneration-Statement 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
"Situated on what was the richest seam of the Durham coalfield, Peterlee was conceived to provide housing and a better living environment for the local scattered rural population and for colliery workers, and to provide a centre offering commercial, social and cultural facilities. Peterlee was named after a former colliery worker, Peter Lee, who later became a councillor campaigning for better living conditions for colliery workers. Burthold Lubetkin was originally appointed as architect-planner, but he resigned in 1950 following frustrated discussions with the National Coal Board. Located in the A19 corridor, today Peterlee is a town with a strong manufacturing base, constituting the third-largest market in County Durham. It is tightly constrained to the south, east and west." "Aimed to provide homes and services for poor-quality and badly served settlements; to provide a recreational and commercial centre; and to develop a balanced community and provide employment for female workers and those not employed in the colliery." source: Town & Country Planning Corporation (TCPA) https://www.tcpa.org.uk/peterlee
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