Editing Isle of Dogs (section)

===London Docklands Development Corporation===
Successive [[UK Labour Party|Labour]] and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] governments proposed a number of action plans during the 1970s but it was not until 1981 that the [[London Docklands Development Corporation|London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC)]] was established to redevelop the area. The Isle of Dogs became part of an [[enterprise zone]], which covered 1.95&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> of land and encompassed the West India, Millwall and East India Docks. New housing, office space and transport infrastructure were built. This included the [[Docklands Light Railway]] and later the [[Jubilee line]] extension, which eventually brought access to the [[London Underground]] to the area for the first time.

Since its construction in 1987–1991, the area has been dominated by the expanding Canary Wharf development with over {{Convert|437,000|m2|sqft}} of office and retail space having been created; 93,000 now work in Canary Wharf alone.<ref>[http://www.canarywharf.com/mainFrm1.asp?strSelectedArea=History Welcome to the Canary Wharf Group plc website<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203014042/http://www.canarywharf.com/mainFrm1.asp?strSelectedArea=History |date= 3 December 2007 }}</ref>