Plans for the London 2012 Olympic Mountain Bike venue at Hadleigh Farm have been approved

Seb Coe, Chair of the London Organising Committee said: ‘Hadleigh Farm will be a fantastic venue for the London 2012 Games. Led by Essex County Council, the partners for the venue have all contributed a tremendous amount of work to ensure the planning application safeguards Hadleigh’s stunning natural environment whilst still testing the skills of the best competitors in the world.’