New Towns Act 1946 programme

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	urban development programme
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:Ministry_of_Town_and_Country_Planning New Towns Commission
gptkbp:aimsTo	to alleviate housing shortages after World War II to decentralise population from large cities to provide planned communities with modern amenities
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:firstTownDesignated	gptkb:Stevenage
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	New Towns Act 1946 programme
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Garden_City_movement
gptkbp:legacy	influenced later new town developments worldwide transformed urban planning in the UK
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:New_Towns_Act_1946
gptkbp:notableTown	gptkb:Crawley gptkb:Milton_Keynes gptkb:Basildon gptkb:Bracknell gptkb:Harlow gptkb:Stevenage gptkb:East_Kilbride gptkb:Glenrothes gptkb:Hemel_Hempstead gptkb:Cwmbran gptkb:Peterlee
gptkbp:numberOfTownsDesignated	over 20
gptkbp:purpose	to create new towns in the United Kingdom
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	gptkb:Town_and_Country_Planning_Act_1947
gptkbp:startDate	1946
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Peterborough_New_Town
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8