Following a request for initial expressions of interest in December 2010 through an 'invitation to participate', 29 applications were received. Of these, 16 were shortlisted. Representatives from these shortlisted areas were invited to submit a second stage application. Full applications were received from 12 areas and 8 of these were of high enough quality and had suitably innovative approaches to be taken forward. The documents that formed these winning bids are now available.