East Village scoops gold at London Planning Awards

7th February 2014

East Village, in the Olympic Park in Stratford, has won two awards at the London Planning Awards on Tuesday.

The development picked up the top accolade in the Best New Place to Live category, for its “scale, quality and understated innovation”, before taking the final prize of the evening, the Mayor’s Award for Planning Excellence. Boris Johnson praised the scheme for setting “exemplar standards of design, environmental and accessibility, while providing all the amenities needed to support thriving communities”. He added “the area has been transformed out of all recognition into one of London’s newest neighbourhoods boasting a range of high quality housing choices for Londoners”.

Source:   Evening Standard Homes & Property (05/02/14)