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Preparations for the London 2012 Olympics is taking another step forward with the submission of one of the biggest planning applications in European history.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) will release a 15-volume, 10,000-page document setting out its master plan for creating new sporting venues, roads and parks over a 2.5 sq km area in east London.
The mammoth planning application also includes details of how the facilities will be reconfigured after the Games.
Changes have made to the blueprint for the Olympic Park since 2005, when London won the bid to host the Games.
These include moving the international broadcast centre and main press centre within the 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.
ODA 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.
"The Games are the catalyst for much needed social, environmental and physical regeneration of a deprived area of east London - the Lower Lea Valley - and 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."
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