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Consortium Developments Limited
IndustryHousing industry
Founded1983
Defunct1992 (1992)
Key people
  • Thomas Baron (Chairman, 1983–1986)
  • Donald Chapman (Chairman, 1986–1992)
  • Andrew Bennett (Executive Director)
Members McCarthy Stone
Footnotes / references
[1]

Consortium Developments Limited (CDL)[2] was a British housing firm and consortium formed in 1983 by the ten largest house building companies in Britain to promote and develop new towns planned by the private sector.

Notes and citations[edit]

  1. ^ Ward 2005, p. 339.
  2. ^ Breheny, Gent & Lock 1993, p. 122.

Bibliography[edit]

Books and academic articles[edit]

  • Breheny, Michael J.; Gent, Tim; Lock, David (1993). Alternative Development Patterns: New Settlements. Planning Research Programme Series. Planning Research Programme, Department of the Environment (Illustrated ed.). H. M. Stationery Office. ISBN 978-0-1175-2784-3.
  • Ward, Stephen V. (2005). "Consortium Developments Ltd and the failure of 'new country towns' in Mrs Thatcher's Britain". Planning Perspectives. 20 (3). Taylor & Francis Group: 329–359. doi:10.1080/02665430500130290. eISSN 1466-4518. ISSN 0266-5433 – via Taylor & Francis Online.