Olympic Site Land Assembly
LDA and the Olympic Site
The London Development Agency (LDA) has the key task of delivering the land for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and the legacy development.
The Olympic site in the Lower Lea Valley is a complex site, characterised by large areas of derelict industrial land.
Much of the land is fragmented and divided by waterways, overhead pylons, roads, the London Underground Network and heavy rail lines.
It covers 312 hectares, which are in both public and private sector ownership.
The area is one of the most deprived in the UK and Europe and suffers from high unemployment and low skills levels. Regeneration of the area is crucially important in tackling poverty, unemployment, lack of skills and poor health and is a key priority for our agency.
As well as acquiring and assembling the land required, the LDA's role involves relocating businesses, residents and others that fall within the site boundary. The LDA has significant land holdings in the wider east London area and has made available a large amount of LDA owned land for relocations from the Olympic Park.
The LDA acquired the majority of the land through negotiating's preferred route to acquisition is through private agreements.
To ensure the rest was brought into public sector control with the tight timeframe the LDA decided to use its compulsory purchase powers where possible; but we also have Compulsory Purchase (CPO) powers if needed to ensure that we can deliver the land needed.
The LDA as a result issued two Compulsory Purchase Orders that were made in 2005 to deliver the long term regeneration of the area.
The first CPO was issued to enable the undergrounding of powerlines in the area.
The second and larger CPO was issued to acquire the remaining land needed for the regeneration of the lower lea valley and the Olympic and Legacy development.
The links below provide further information on the two Olympic related Compulsory Purchase Orders and further details on the relocations that are taking place:
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