For planning purposes, the Government refers to an area centred on the Borough of Milton Keynes as the Milton Keynes and South Midlands growth area.
This area comprises the whole of Bedfordshire, the whole of Northamptonshire, and parts of Buckinghamshire (the borough of Milton Keynes and Aylesbury Vale district) and may be understood to extend into neighbouring Harborough district in south Leicesteshire and Rutland and Rugby.
It straddles the boundaries of other regions of England, including portions of the East Midlands, East of England and South East England.

The main settlements are Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough, Rushden, Bedford and Luton.
 A report in 2002 found that: "The most successful economies are those of Milton Keynes and Northampton.
Bedford, Corby and the Luton/Dunstable/Houghton Regis area are in need of regeneration."
For planning purposes, the Government refers to an area centred on the Borough of Milton Keynes as the Milton Keynes and South Midlands growth area. This area comprises the whole of Bedfordshire, the whole of Northamptonshire, and parts of Buckinghamshire (the borough of Milton Keynes and Aylesbury Vale district) and may be understood to extend into neighbouring Harborough district in south Leicesteshire and Rutland and Rugby. It straddles the boundaries of other regions of England, including portions of the East Midlands, East of England and South East England.
The main settlements are Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough, Rushden, Bedford and Luton.  A report in 2002 found that: "The most successful economies are those of Milton Keynes and Northampton. Bedford, Corby and the Luton/Dunstable/Houghton Regis area are in need of regeneration."
South Midlands