This practical Guide is for local authority officers and elected members considering whether to promote a new town, large-scale urban extension or other new Garden City, and seeking to understand how such projects can be delivered and financed. It supports the delivery of ambitious places that align with Garden City Principles, using ‘Garden City’ as shorthand for a range of new community development types that share this ambition.
The Guide explores the importance of scale; the role of development corporations and other local delivery vehicles; opportunities for private investment, joint ventures and public funding and finance; and lessons from case studies. It sets out principles for successful delivery, including the role of local plan policies and early intervention, and shows how different funding and delivery arrangements can harness place-based investment to enable and de-risk development.
This guidance is designed to be interactive – a PDF summary is available here.
Overview of local delivery vehicles
Finance and investment: principles for success
Overview of public funding and finance sources
Overview of private finance sources
Key lessons
Further resources
Case study 1: Ebbsfleet
Urban Development Corporation
Case study 2: Cranbrook
Local Authority
Case study 3: Wichelstowe
Public Private Joint Venture
Case study 4: Waverley
Master Developer
This toolkit is kindly supported by:
This toolkit is a live resource and we are keen to continue to add new information. If you are interested in partnering with the TCPA to enable this, or would like to provide feedback, please contact tcpa@tcpa.org.uk
