User:Morwen/expanded town

status under the Town Development Act 1952


 * Ashford
 * Basingstoke
 * Daventry
 * Swindon
 * Tamworth
 * Witham

Overspill
"Agreement in principle has been so far reached with 11 towns" for housing London overspill. These would be


 * Ashford
 * Basingstoke
 * Letchworth
 * Grantham (!)
 * Thetford
 * Peterborough
 * Haverhill
 * Bury St Edmunds
 * Sudbury
 * Swindon
 * Bletchley

Brandon, Hadleigh considered. Lowestoft pondering. Stowmarket decided not to get involved after proposal for 2,000 LCC homes. Sawston rumours.

lots of other random towns want london overspill - Kettering, Rushden, Nantwich(!)], Thame, Wokingham, Farnborough, Eastleigh all mentioned