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| 2012 Olympic master plan revealed | 2012 Olympic master plan revealed |
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| Organisers of London's 2012 Olympics will be submitting one of the biggest planning applications in European history. | Organisers of London's 2012 Olympics will be submitting one of the biggest planning applications in European history. |
| The Olympic Delivery Authority's 15-volume, 10,000-page document, sets out plans for creating new venues, roads and parks in east London. | The Olympic Delivery Authority's 15-volume, 10,000-page document, sets out plans for creating new venues, roads and parks in east London. |
| It also includes details of how the facilities will be changed for use after the Games. | It also includes details of how the facilities will be changed for use after the Games. |
| Changes have been made to the blueprint since 2005, when London won the bid. | |
| These include moving the international broadcast centre and main press centre within the Olympic Park boundary, and better integration of the Olympic Village with the adjacent Stratford City regeneration development. | These include moving the international broadcast centre and main press centre within the Olympic Park boundary, and better integration of the Olympic Village with the adjacent Stratford City regeneration development. |
| There are two main parts to the application - the first concerned with preparing the site, and the second with construction projects for the Olympics and the post-Games legacy for east London. | There are two main parts to the application - the first concerned with preparing the site, and the second with construction projects for the Olympics and the post-Games legacy for east London. |
| Olympic Delivery Authority chief executive David Higgins said: "The planning applications represent a significant moment in delivering our vision for the Olympic Park and creating a benchmark 21st Century urban environment." | Olympic Delivery Authority chief executive David Higgins said: "The planning applications represent a significant moment in delivering our vision for the Olympic Park and creating a benchmark 21st Century urban environment." |
| Mr Higgins said the Games would be the catalyst for much needed social, environmental and physical regeneration of a deprived area of east London, the Lower Lea Valley. | Mr Higgins said the Games would be the catalyst for much needed social, environmental and physical regeneration of a deprived area of east London, the Lower Lea Valley. |
| "The sheer size and scope of the application reflects both the scale of the challenge as well as the enormous opportunity hosting the Games will bring to this area," he said. | "The sheer size and scope of the application reflects both the scale of the challenge as well as the enormous opportunity hosting the Games will bring to this area," he said. |