From the Wikipedia page [1].
The London Development Agency (LDA) was the regional development agency for the London region in England. It existed as a functional body of the Greater London Authority. Its purpose was to drive sustainable economic growth within London.
The agency was established in 1999 and closed on 31 March 2012 as a result of the coalition government's spending review. Following closure of the London Development Agency, some of its functions were assumed by the Greater London Authority itself. These include 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 Localism Act 2011 to take over the assets and liabilities of the former LDA in the subsidiary corporation GLA Land and Property.
The LDA was based at Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, Southwark, south London (across the street from Southwark Station). The LDA Olympic Land team was based at London 2012 headquarters in Docklands.
Board[]
The board members were appointed by the Mayor of London, and were:
- Harvey McGrath (London Development Agency) — chair
- Susan Angoy
- Ian Barlow
- Fran Beckett
- Anthony Browne
- James Cleverly AM
- Megan Dobney
- Cllr Mike Freer
- Ann Humphries
- Edmund Lazarus
- Jeremy Mayhew
- Steven Norris
- Cllr Peter Truesdale
The CVs of the members are published here..
The National Archives snapshot of the website is here [2], and an article in The Standard on its closure is here [3].
A report here and the final report here
See also London Climate Change Agency