Talk:New towns in the United Kingdom

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Swindon?

Does Swindon fit in here somewhere?

List of planned cities

Can someone synchronize this with the list on * List of planned cities so it only shows up in one place ? dml 22:02, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Derry

Abolishing Derry's elected city council and replacing it with an unelected quango appointed by the unionist government must have um, come in for a bit of criticism. (was the Corporation of Londonderry actually under nationalist control before?) Might be good to have some highlights of criticism... Morwen - Talk 09:23, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it was seen as a reforming move, the corporation being accused of being gerrymandered to have a unionist majority in a nationalist city, and for sectarian allocation of public housing. See [1] under Friday 22 November 1968 in particular.Lozleader 16:49, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Winchelsea

Shouldnt (new) Winchelsea be mentioned here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kentem (talk • contribs) 19:44, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Expanding towns

Since this article includes all sorts of stuff outside the 'Act' new towns it ought to mention the GLC Expanding Towns and similar schemes, which include places like Andover, Haverhill and Basingstoke. There is a brief mention under London overspill. Pterre (talk) 15:00, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Northampton

Northampton was never removed from local authority control: Northampton Borough Council worked alongside Northampton Development Corporation, which had responsibility for the "new" areas and provided funding towards the central infrastructure. So what exactly was Northampton's status? Anyone able to help? John Campbell (talk) 15:09, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have to say, I'm not sure that any of the New Towns were strictly removed from LA control, but rather some of the powers of the LA were transferred to the development corporations. It might be that the lead paragraph requires some clarification of its meaning before any exceptions can be outlined. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will be able to assist. Tafkam (talk) 23:50, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Milton Keynes

Any reason to build a city of this size, actually nearly 250,000 inhabitants, in the heart of southern England? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.133.158.155 (talk) 23:16, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merging opinion with New towns movement.

This movement was not isolated to UK, but I think they should both be included in separate sections on one main new towns page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.98.178.221 (talk) 08:56, 16 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It was not limited to the UK, therefore I don't think it should be merged into one article.Brad Shen (talk) 23:41, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cranbrook near Exeter?

Brand new town, does it have a place here? Kookas (talk) 18:55, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with structure

As has been commented earlier Towns created under development corporations established under the New Towns Act 1946 (et seq.) have been mixed with general overspill development. The lede describes this as a list article- but it is not written as such. The information is useful as written, but not if you arrive on a link from other pages that assume that this is about statutory New Towns, in fact it is very confusing. A lot of analysis on the successes and challenged were published in Select Committee on Transport, Local Government and the Regions Nineteenth Report. This article needs to be radically restructured. Before I start- has anyone any comments?-- Clem Rutter (talk) 11:03, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Off focus text

I have cut this off-focus sports related text. Would anyone like to find it a loving home?

Cumbernauld also became home to Clyde Football Club, originally based in Glasgow, when they relocated to the new Broadwood Stadium in the town in 1994. A year later, Livingston became the home of Edinburgh based Meadowbank Thistle, who were renamed Livingston in recognition of their new location. The owners of both clubs had felt that it was unsustainable for the clubs to remain in their original locations due to the difficulty in attracting a viable fan base, and saw the new towns as the best option for creating an adequate fan base.

--ClemRutter (talk) 09:49, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Birmingham and Northampton Issue as well Peterborough

I say this nicely. Unless this was made by people not from UK. Northampton is over 50 miles from Birmingham. Just because Birmingham is established as a known city. Doesn't mean Northampton is near it. Its further away nearer Leicester a well known diverse ethnic city. On top of that Peterborough is a city not a town. It may have been designated a new town but already had city status beforehand.

Please do some research and geography before making a nearer or so statement. Thank you JoshuaGuest96 (talk) 14:29, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]