Expansion plans for Milton Keynes

This article is about Government plans in 2013 to expand Milton Keynes. It is no longer current and is retained for historical interest only.
For the draft strategy 'Milton Keynes in 2050' proposed to Milton Keynes City Council by its consultants, see below

In January 2004, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott announced the United Kingdom government's Expansion plans for Milton Keynes.

The expansion plans proposed that the population of Milton Keynes (ceremonially Buckinghamshire) should double in the subsequent 20 years. to do so, taking Planning controls were taken away from Milton Keynes Council and English Partnerships were made the statutory planning authority, appointed to bring the plan to life. In turn, English Partnerships established a subsidiary Milton Keynes Partnership to manage the programme locally. Their proposal for the next phase of expansion moved away from grid squares to large scale, mixed use, higher density developments which are more based on public transport than private car usage.

However, the change of government in 2010 and the abolition of the Regional Spatial Strategy (SE Plan) in 2012/13 saw these plans revoked and a planned expansion of up to 44,000 dwellings reduced to 28,000. The Milton Keynes Core Strategy was published in July 2013 and regards the figure of 28,000 new homes to be the minimum figure.

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