The regeneration of London’s Docklands over the last 25 years is a story, which continues to attract worldwide attention in academic circles and among those responsible for the regeneration of similar areas in other cities across the world. Day by day we receive many inquiries from those seeking more information about the Docklands story.

The transformation of London Docklands was launched in July 1981 by a new government agency, the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC).  For nearly seventeen years until March 1998 it worked tirelessly to secure the transformation of its area, which stretched across eight-and-a-half square miles of the riverside parts of Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Newham.  In its lifetime the LDDC responded to the growing interest through the provision of resources of all kinds but following its winding up in 1998 it has been increasingly difficult to obtain LDDC publications and other historic material about its work.  Fortunately the gap has been substantially filled by three former members of the staff of the Corporation who have set up a website – the LDDC History Pages - on which they have reproduced the Corporation’s Regeneration Statement along with the nine monographs published by LDDC towards the end of its life dealing with various aspects of its work:

LDDC Regeneration Statement (1998)
LDDC Monographs
Initiating Urban Change - London Docklands Before the LDDC
Starting from Scratch - The Development of Transport in London Docklands

A Strategy for Regeneration - The Planning and Development Strategy of the LDDC

Attracting Investment Creating Value - Establishing a Property Market in London Docklands

Employment: New Jobs and Opportunities - The Employment Strategy of the LDDC

Regeneration and the Arts in London Docklands

The LDDC withdrew from its area by stages and as it left each area it published a booklet with a brief history of the area and of the LDDC's work there. The completion booklets are also reproduced on the website.

For more information please visit London LDDC History pages at http://www.lddc-history.org.uk/

Other useful website:-
 
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Docklands
The Condition of London Docklands in 1981 
Regenerating London Docklands