The other is called the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (ODPC), which was set up to capture the benefits of the new Old Oak Common Station near Acton in west London, where the Elizabeth Line and High Speed 2 rail link will intersect.

It covers a big swathe of industrial land covering unloved bits of three boroughs, Ealing, Hammersmith and Brent. Its results so far have been modest.

In nine years, about 4,600 homes have been built.

Several years were spent drawing up ill-fated plans to build on the site of the secondhand car dealership Car Giant.

However, the ODPC may now be getting its act together, buying up a lot more land with a master plan due soon for the area – and ending the uncertainty around HS2 should help reassure potential investors.