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1
Q

The Abercrombie Plan for London in 1944 proposed how many new towns within 50 miles of London?

A

8

2
Q

How many people were these towns supposed to house?

A

500,000 (mainly people from inner London originally)

3
Q

Similar recommendations were made for which two major UK cities?

A

Manchester and Birmingham

4
Q

Why did the Attlee Government set up the New Towns Commission?

A

to repair and rebuild after WW 2

5
Q

New Town Development Corporations were responsible for what?

A

management, design and development

6
Q

Public Corporations were financed by what?

A

treasury loans

7
Q

The boards were appointed by the Central Government, giving them what powers?

A

planning and compulsory purchase powers

8
Q

Their first task was to draw up developments concerning what 4 areas?

A

offices
industrial development
transport
open spaces

9
Q

Stevenage was part of the…

A

‘first generation’ of New Towns

10
Q

Stevenage and how many other were part of the ‘first generation’?

A

10

11
Q

They aimed to accommodate the over spill population from which two places?

A

London and Glasgow