The London Development Agency (LDA) was from July 2000 until 2012 the

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for the

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region in

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. A functional body of the

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, its purpose was to drive sustainable economic growth within London. Projects were inherited from

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or carried out in collaboration with the Greater London Authority and other public sector organisations, including the

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, the

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, and

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, alongside

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. Members of the Greater London Authority commissione
a 2008 report on these projectsfollowed by another in 2009
The agency was closed on 31 March 2012 as a result of the

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's spending review. Some of its functions were assumed by the Greater London Authority itself; these included support for Visit London, Think London and Study London, and the administration of London's European Structural Funds programmes. The GLA was required by the

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to take over LDA's assets and liabilities, which were placed into the ownership of a new subsidiary corporation – GLA Land and Property. The LDA was based at Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road,

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, south London (across the street from Southwark tube station). The LDA Olympic Land team was based at the

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headquarters in Docklands.

Chief executive

* Michael Ward (2000–2004) *Manny Lewis (2004–2008) *Peter Rogers (2008–2012)

Board

The board members were appointed by the

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, and were: *Chair:

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(London Development Agency) *Ann Humphries *Edmund Lazarus *Fran Beckett *Ian Barlow *

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AM *Jeremy Mayhew * Mike Freer *Megan Dobney *Peter Truesdale *

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*Susan Angoy * Anthony Browne

Publications

Green Enterprise District: East London, July 2010

References

External links

Official website
archived in May 2007
Visit London
— Visit London
Study LondonCompeteFor
—

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