Games Monitor

I submitted my objection about impacts on those with privatetly rented homes to the Olympic Compulsory Purchase Order Inquiry based on my paper Displacement of Private Tenants'(Scroll down that page to view).

To which I received the following response from David Rose the Planning Inspector

"I am not convinced that the experiences of former Olympic cities around the world, with different social contexts, administrative and regulatory mechanisms and specific characteristics, has any material bearing in anticipating social outcomes in the Lower Lea Valley.

There is no direct evidence to support the proposition; and the LDA has taken account of the experience of other host cities.

Here the actions of the LDA are supported at all levels of Government and one of the lasting benefits of the Games will be the provision of a significant number of affordable housing units.

Any pressures on land values and accommodation, arising from the Games, have to be considered in the context of the very substantial benefits that the project will bring, not least; improvements to the environment; enhanced community facilities; more efficient infrastructure; and increased employment opportunities to complement the new housing provision.[4.19.16-4.19.22]

p 359-360, Report to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Application by The London Development Agency For Confirmation of The London Development Agency (Lower Lea Valley, Olympic and Legacy) Compulsory Purchase Order 2005

This London Assembly report and the COHRE report address these issues seriously. In the light of these two reports the Planning Inspectors response shows up as the blinkered and servile work that it is.