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Pinewood and Shepperton Film Studios - Over the years they have accommodated some of silver screens most spectacular moments, memorable stars & ambitious sets. Batman, Lara Croft, James Bond and Superman have all walked their corridors, while their stages and back-lots have become ice palaces, Cambodian tombs, space ships and Paris Operas
What and Where are the Growth Areas?
NEW! - Newsletter from the Environment Agency providing an update on sustainable delivery in the growth areas of Milton Keynes and the South Midlands and London-Stansted-Cambridge-Peterborough (May 2007)
The Sustainable Communities Plan in February 2003 set out the Government's strategy for tackling the housing shortage in the Greater South East of England, as well as low housing demand in parts of Northern England, and homelessness across the UK. Its most significant step was to designate several locations in the Greater South East for concentrated development. These locations are known as the Growth Areas
The Growth Areas are locations identified in the Government's Sustainable Communities Plan (ODPM 2003) . They are in the Greater South East of England, and fall within the administrative regions of the South East of England, East of England, London, and the East Midlands.
Click here for a map of the Growth Areas, click here for the Department of Community and Local Government Growth Area pages, and click left for information on the individual Growth Areas.