The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has started consulting on the planning powers, area and remit of the development corporation the Government plans to establish to create a 15,000-home garden city at Ebbsfleet in Kent.
Ministers have named lawyer Michael Cassidy CBE as chairman designate of the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation. He is currently a member of the City of London Corporation, chairman of the City of London Property Investment Board and a non executive director of Crossrail.
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