London Development Agency

The LDA was established as a functional body of the Greater London Authority in July 2000.^[5]

As mayor, in 2008, Boris Johnson commissioned a forensic audit of the London Development Agency which recommended that it should only commission projects rather than develop projects directly.^[6] In 2010, Boris Johnson announced that he would seek the transfer of the functions of the LDA to the GLA.^[7]

The agency was closed on 31 March 2012 as a result of the coalition government's 2010 spending review.^[8] The Localism Act 2011 abolished the LDA.^[9] A subsidiary of the GLA, GLA Land and Property, was formed to take on the LDA's assets and liabilities.^[10]

The remit of the LDA was to work in partnership with local authorities, voluntary groups, training institutions, businesses and regeneration partnerships.^[11]

The LDA was responsible for the compulsory purchase, the clearing of land and the establishment of relocation strategies.^[12] One project the LDA did this for was the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.^[13]

From its establishment until 2006, the LDA was based at 58-60 Devon House, St Katharine's Way, Tower Hamlets.^[14][15] From 2006 until its abolition, the LDA was based at Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, Southwark.^[15]

• Michael Ward (2000–2004)^[16][17]
• Manny Lewis (2004–2008)^[18][19]
• Peter Rogers (2008–2012)^[20]