16 August 2012 Last updated at 08:02 ET
Trott won the women's team pursuit and the omnium
A Victorian act of parliament has been used to give speedy permission to the family of Olympic cyclist Laura Trott to hold a street party in her honour.
The double gold medallist's family, of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, approached the local council to ask what they needed to do to stage the event.
Broxbourne Council warned them it could take weeks for permission to be given.
But then the council found it could use the 1847 Town Police Clauses Act, which allows "thronging on the highway".
The Trott family had approached
Thursday, 16 August 2012
1847 law used to hold Trott party
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