The West Northamptonshire Development Corporation (WNDC) is an urban Development Corporation set up to cover parts of Northamptonshire in England, by the United Kingdom government in December 2004. WNDC was set up by the Secretary of State under the provisions of the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 and has an explicit objective "to secure the regeneration of its area". The Act provides that it may do so in a number of different ways including making decisions on planning applications. It is one of three existing urban development corporations in the United Kingdom and the only one outside London.
WNDC covers the three defined "Urban Development Areas" of Daventry, Towcester and Northampton. The corporation received its full Development Control powers on 6 April 2006.
Following the establishment of the new Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government in May 2010 the role of WNDC became uncertain following the removal by the new government of the "Regional Spatial Strategy". The positions of West Northants Joint Planning Unit and the North Northants Development Corporation were also uncertain.
In April 2012, the WNDC's planning powers were returned to local councils. The WNDC will be wound up in April 2014.
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