{"value":{"id":171355,"memberId":4009,"member":null,"memberRole":"Minister of State for Housing and Planning","uin":"HCWS163","dateMade":"2014-12-18T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":7,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Communities and Local Government","title":"Ebbsfleet","text":"<p>At Budget 2014, the Government set out plans for a new Urban Development Corporation to deliver a Garden City settlement of up to 15,000 homes at Ebbsfleet in Kent. This is being taken forward in consultation with local MPs, councils and residents.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Urban Development Corporations are established by means of a statutory instrument under section 135 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. Our aim is to establish the Ebbsfleet Urban Development Corporation in the first half of 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Parliamentary approval for additional resources for this new service of £358,000 will be sought in a Supplementary Estimate for the Department for Communities and Local Government. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £358,000 will be met by a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":4,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":false,"linkedStatements":null,"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/171355","method":"GET"}]}