Securing the legacy of 2012

1.42 Prior to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012, the Mayor put in place strategic policies and a planning framework to ensure that they were the best Games ever – the safest, greenest, most inclusive and accessible, providing a global showcase for the capital at its best and an inspirational celebration of international sport. The overwhelming consensus is that these objectives were achieved.

1.43 These policies had a much longer term ambition; to secure a lasting legacy for Londoners from this great event. The London Legacy Development Corporation is carrying forward and refining the Mayor’s original proposals through a local plan to secure and accelerate the delivery of many elements of the Mayor’s strategies, and for this reason it is the Mayor’s highest regeneration priority. The unique status of east London, and the recognition arising from association with the Games, is being used to effect a positive, sustainable and fully accessible economic, social and environmental transformation for one of the most diverse – yet deprived – parts of London.