 The CEPC was established by statute in 1824, when it was given responsibility for care and maintenance of the Crown Estate from Whitehall along Regent Street to Regent's Park.Improvement commissioners each set up under private acts were a typical 18th and 19th century solution to improving the built environment outside of the usual parish vestry system, and were empowered to levy their own rate to fund paving and improvement works.Subsequent statutes extended its responsibilities to include the maintenance of Crown Estate properties in Westminster, but under the "Crown Estate Paving Act 1851", the Commission lost responsibility for managing the Regent Street, Whitehall and Westminster properties.