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- ↑ Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation lifespan extended, press release at Media-Newswire.com
- ↑ Thurrock Borough Council to take charge of local regeneration, CLG, 8 September 2010
- ↑ Perini, Katia; Sabbion, Paola (2017). Urban Sustainability and River Restoration: Green and Blue Infrastructure. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-119-24496-7.
- ↑ "The Thurrock Development Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2012". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
