The national regeneration agency, supporting high quality sustainable growth across the country. A key delivery agency for the urban renaissance and the government's new Sustainable Communities agenda.

English Partnerships (or EP) is a regeneration agency for England, performing a similar role on a national level to that fulfilled by Regional Development Agencies on a regional level. It is responsible for land acquisition and assembly and major development projects, alone or in joint partnership with private sector developers. It is particularly active in major regeneration areas such as the Thames Gateway and in expansion areas such as Milton Keynes, where the Deputy Prime Minister (acting as Environment Minister) removed planning from local control and has appointed them as the statutory planning authority.