The London round of the maiden Formula E season has secured planning permission, series organiser FEH announced on social media today. We’re more excited than an afternoon at a primary school serving Skittles at lunchtime.

Four months before the race is scheduled to take place, Battersea Park event plans have cleared the last of a series of hurdles. It is a triumph for the series organiser, which has had to find a suitable location in the capital, navigate the logistical difficulties inherent in implanting a street circuit in the middle of one of the world’s busiest metropolises, assuage local concerns and satisfy both the local authority and the Heritage Lottery Fund that there will no adverse effects for the park and its residents.

More details are expected tomorrow. It’s likely that the rumoured “double header” will be revealed too. Between that and the race in Moscow, it’s going to be quite some end to the first season.