Ebbsfleet is a government-sponsored new ‘Garden city’, the first in the UK for over 100 years, located in the South East of England on primarily brownfield land. The Ebbsfleet Garden City was also selected as one of ten National Health Service (NHS) England Healthy New Towns demonstration sites, leading to the adoption of a ‘Garden Grid’ design strategy that aims to transform the previously industrial landscape into a healthy environment. The Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (EDC) was established in 2015 by UK Central Government to lead delivery, receiving £200 million for infrastructure funding.(1)
This project is featured as one of our healthy urban development case studies.
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