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In their report on the Draft Regional Spatial Strategy for the South-East Region, the Planning Inspectors Panel made a number of important statements that affect the expansion of Milton Keynes to 2026. [22] The plan should add 2,400 dwellings for housing outside the Milton Keynes urban area to the district-wide total. (para 23.39)
Energy World was a demonstration project of 51 low-energy houses constructed in the Shenley Lodge area of Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. The project was promoted by the Milton Keynes Development Corporation and culminated in a public exhibition in August and October 1986 that attracted international interest. It was a significant landmark in ...
Milton Keynes: Image and reality. Cambridge: Granta Editions. ISBN 978-0906782729. Clapson, Mark (2014). The Plan for Milton Keynes. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415645003. Llewelyn-Davies; Weeks; Forestier-Walker; Bor (1970). The Plan for Milton Keynes, Volume 1. Wavendon: Milton Keynes Development Corporation. ISBN 978-0-903379-00-7.
London County Council built housing developments affixed to towns outside its jurisdiction, of which Becontree, Dagenham (which became part of Greater London in 1965) was the largest. It was built in the 1920s and 1930s. Seacroft in Leeds was built from 1934 when Leeds City Council bought 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2) for municipal housing. Most ...
Several new towns were created in the years following its passing. Its most immediate use was the designation of Milton Keynes in 1967, which was envisaged to become a "new city" of 250,000 people. [23] The 1965 act replaced the 1946 act and was replaced in turn by the 1981 act.
For higher education, the Open University's headquarters are in Milton Keynes – though, as this is a distance education institution, the only students resident on campus are approximately 200 full-time postgraduates. A campus of the University of Bedfordshire located in Central Milton Keynes, provides conventional undergraduate courses.
This is a list of the districts ('grid squares') of Milton Keynes, England. This list only includes settlements and business districts in its built-up-area. [1] For a complete list of areas in the borough, see civil parishes in the City of Milton Keynes. OpenStreetMap mapping of Milton Keynes, showing most of the districts
Following an increase in housing demand in the Milton Keynes urban area, the Wavendon civil parish has undergone major development, including the construction of two new estates (Eagle Farm and Glebe Farm) on its eastern outskirts. Milton Keynes City Council regards this part of the parish as a major part of Milton Keynes' "Eastern Expansion ...