About the planning applications

The 15-volume, 10,000-page document includes plans for new sporting venues, highways, bridges, river works, utilities, parks and open space, as well as their reconfiguration for use after the Games.

The application covers 246 hectares (2.5 square kilometres) and sets out the vision for one of the largest urban parks to be built in Europe for 150 years.

The full Olympic, Paralympic & Legacy Transformation Planning Applications are made up of two core elements. The first is the Site Preparation Planning Application, which seeks permission for early works to allow the development of Games facilities and their legacy transformation.

The second is the Facilities and their Legacy Transformation Planning Application, which seeks permission for the core construction work and post-Games reconfiguration of infrastructure for legacy use.

The full applications were submitted to the ODA Planning Decisions Team (PDT) in Stratford. They were subject to a statutory 28-day public consultation period to allow members of the public to give their comments.

The ODA PDT considered the document along with feedback received in the consultation period before making recommendations to the ODA Planning Committee. The Planning Committee approved the planning applications in October 2007.

The full planning application can be viewed on the ODA PDT website. Go to the ODA PDT website.

Documents

The following documents are available to download as PDFs:

Design Principles for the Olympic Park

A description of the ODA’s vision for the London 2012 Games Olympic Park and its lasting legacy.
Download the Design Principles for the Olympic Park
(PDF 3.1MB).

Guide to the Olympic, Paralympic & Legacy Transformation Planning Applications and Olympic Village (part) and Legacy Residential Planning Application

An overview of the proposals for the Olympic Park and the planning applications material submitted by the ODA in February 2007.
Download the Guide to the Planning Applications (PDF 2.1MB).

Commitment to Sustainable Regeneration

An outline of the ODA’s commitment to sustainable regeneration, which sets out a framework for how it can deliver this vision for the benefit of future generations.
Download the Commitment to Sustainable Regeneration (PDF 3.4MB).

Environmental Statement: Non Technical Summary

A summary relating to the Environmental Statement that forms part of the Olympic, Paralympic & Legacy Transformation Planning Applications.
Download the Environmental Statement: Non Technical Summary (PDF 3.1MB).