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Mortimer, Patrick Lawrence
(1984).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.ro.0000f920
Abstract
The Government's decision in 1967 to locate a new city of up to 250,000 people, to be called Milton Keynes, in North Buckinghamshire was preceded by many earlier attempts to promote urban growth in the area. The study explores the relative significance of the various agents involved - the district councils of Bletchley and Wolverton, the county council and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in particular - from the first proposals in 1930 to the publication of the Plan for Milton Keynes in 1970.
Relevant structural factors are examined, notably the local physical controls of relief and water supply, communications and the development of planning theory. Particularly significant is the development through time of certain factors, especially transport and accessibility, the removal of constraints such as sewage disposal, and the ideology of planners. The role of a limited number of powerful individuals is assessed to estimate the degree to which they have influenced the course of events.
It is shown that a number of proposals for urban development in this area have been unsuccessful. Two major schemes however can be seen as leading to the ultimate designation of Milton Keynes - the expansion of Bletchley under the Town Development Act and the proposal by Buckinghamshire County Council to build a monorail-based city between Wolverton and Bletchley. The planning history of these two projects is examined in greater detail.
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