Plans to build Britain's biggest mosque in east London have collapsed.
The Islamic missionary group Tablighi Jamaat wanted to create a place of worship close to the Olympic site which could have accommodated 12,000 people.
Newham Council said planning permission for land in Abbey Mills expired in 2006 and a January deadline for the group to come up with a masterplan had passed.
Tablighi Jamaat, which has not been available for comment, has been told to leave the Abbey Mills site this week.
Strong opposition
It has been operating an illegal temporary mosque at Abbey Mills, which is just south of the London 2012 Olympics site in Stratford.
There was strong opposition when the group unveiled its plans for the 7.3-hectare (18-acre) site.
More than 48,000 people petitioned the government to prevent it.
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