Themes and Park

This index contains links to material mainly taken from the "What's New" section of the front page and placed in a, more or less, subject order.

It is not fully comprehensive in that most material dates from 2000 onwards.

Comprehensive lists are to be found from the indexes shown on the home page.
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CONTENTS

Anerley Hill Tunnel

National Sports Centre

Archaeology

Olympic Bid - London 2012 - Other Sports

the AREA

Bromley Council

Other Campaigns

Capel Manor

Cinemas

Other Councils

Consultation/dialogue process

Crystal Palace Campaign

Parks and Places

Crystal Palace Park

PPG/archaeology

Crystal Palace Building-Hyde Park(& 1851)

Stakeholders Forum - dialogue process

Crystal Palace Building-Sydenham

Tee Shirt (2002)

Election 2001 matters (inc. CPC meeting)

Traffic

English Heritage

Trees - Felling, February 2001

Environmental Impact Assessment

Trees - Phase 1 - LETTERS

European Commission

Events - odds and ends

Unitary Development Plan

Football

Trophy Architecture

Liquor Licensing Hearing

Victory - Bromley Scrap Crystal Palace Multiplex

Local

London & Regional Properties

Village Green Registration

Mayoral Debates London 2000

Anerley Hill Tunnel

Brief update 27/07/00: Bromley Council has replied (we think inadequately) to our letter of claim. The matter is "under consideration". Top; Contents

Archaeology

the AREA

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Bromley Council

MULTIPLEX CANCELLED

Bromley Council today (Friday 11th May 2001) announced it was scrapping the massively opposed Crystal Palace Park multiplex and terminating its agreement with London & Regional Properties Ltd.

GENERAL

CRYSTAL PALACE MUSEUM CLOSURE

RESERVED MATTERS

FULL TEXT - Planning Policy Guidance 16 - Archaeology and Planning - see if you can spot any section which Bromley Council has followed in full and in the spirit of the guidance??

SINGLE REGENERATION BUDGET (SRB)

Single Regeneration Budget - Bromley Council's claims scrutinised.

 

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Capel Manor

CAPEL MANOR - A SORRY TALE...

eMail from Capel Manor added to "Brief History" 14/7/07

Bromley Report for 19th July Plans Sub Committee No 3 meeting: Good News
Short Report of Council Meeting - Capel Manor's position upheld- good news(again)!
Capel Manor College - headquarters at Enfield; PWG visit February 2007
Capel Manor College - at Crystal Palace Park; PWG visit February 2008

Cinemas

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Consultation/Dialogue Process

CONSULTATION ON THE PARK (9/11/04): Now that the Park exhibiton is over (18 - 26 September 2004 and closing date for comments: 11th October 2004 ), what is next? Nigel Westaway, facilitator in the dialogue process and the person who will do the analysis of responses, said that

"...it was very successful, with a total of nearly 2,500 (mostly local) people through the exhibition and 2,700 written responses. The youth age group was, predictably, under-represented but otherwise gender, age and ethnicity was pretty well balanced. The atmosphere was for the most part very positive."

It is expected that results will be presented to the working groups in the dialogue process in October (done). The Main Working Group, meeting planned for 4 December 2004, will see the final analysis.


Crystal Palace Campaign

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Crystal Palace Park

 

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Crystal Palace Building - Hyde Park (& Exhibition 1851)

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Crystal Palace Building - Sydenham

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Election Matters 2001

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English Heritage

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Environmental Impact Assessment

European Commission

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Events - odds and ends

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Football

 

Liquor Licensing Hearing

Licensing hearing - brief news! - Results of hearing 30 November 2000 - Full judgement

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Local Matters

 

London & Regional Properties

 

COMMUNITY FORUM

ARCHITECT QUITS

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Mayoral Debate London 2000 etc

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National Sports Centre etc.

 

Olympic bid - London 2012 - Other Sports

The bid to hold the Olympic Games in London in 2012 may have profound effects on Crystal Palace Park. It is a prime athletics venue, currently in need of renovation but which may play an essential part in the strategy for defining training and competitive venues. We will of course watch how the bid proceeds over the next couple of years and hope that the fallout will help improve our Park as well as athletics in the UK in general and London in particular.

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Opinion Survey

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Other Campaigns

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Other Councils

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Parks & Places

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Policy Planning Guidelines/Archaeology

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Stakeholders Forum - dialogue process

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Traffic

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Trees

- Phase 1 work

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Trees

Felling - Top Site (February 2001)

Important News: As of today 18 March 2001, the trees are still standing. Here's why - see "Bromley cave in over Crystal palace trees".

TREES IN PERIL: Campaign Bulletin 20 January 2001 (see letters list below)

A secret plan to cut down over 120 trees on the proposed Crystal Palace multiplex site, and alongside the Parade and behind the bus terminus, has been disclosed to the Crystal Palace Campaign. The plan is to carry out the felling operation within four hours one Sunday before the nesting season begins at the end of February. This is quite separate from the felling already done in the Park &endash; which offended many local residents.

The Campaign has intervened with both Bromley Council and multiplex developer London & Regional Properties Ltd to get the plan halted. Not only would the felling prejudice proceedings still underway before the Appeal Court, it would also be in defiance of the full European Commission, which has entered the case. The UK government is in the course of replying to the EC which found that Bromley's failure to require an Environmental Impact Assessment prior to granting planning permission did not comply with a European Directive, binding in UK law.

However there is no guarantee that contractors' plans will be stopped. If the felling were to be attempted we would alert all our supporters to get to the top-site and show their opposition. We will post updates on our website and our telephone helpline which is:

TELEPHONE HELPLINE: 020 8653 5995

BE ALERT!

BEAR WITNESS TO THE DESECRATION OF THE TREE-LINED RIDGE IF - HEAVEN FORBID - IT SHOULD COME ABOUT.

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LETTERS re: TREES - between the Crystal Palace Campaign and others:

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DATE

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Walter Million

Crystal Palace Campaign (CPC)

14 October 1998

GO

Crystal Palace Campaign (CPC)

Walter Million, Borough Secretary, Bromley Council

19 January 2001

GO

Crystal Palace Campaign (CPC)

Geoffrey Springer, Director, London & Regional Properties Ltd.

19 January 2001

GO

Walter Million

Crystal Palace Campaign (CPC)

22 January 2001

GO

Crystal Palace Campaign (CPC)

Walter Million

25 January 2001

GO

Crystal Palace Campaign (CPC)

Geoffrey Springer

26 January 2001

GO

Chairman of the Leisure and Community Services Committee (Bromley)

Nick Goy, CPC

25 & 29 January 2001

GO

Walter Million

Philip Kolvin

31 January 2001

GO

Philip Kolvin (CPC Chairman)

Alan Gray (Divisional Manager, Planning Directorate, DETR)

1 February 2001

GO

Alan Gray

Philip Kolvin

2 February 2001

GO

The Court of Appeal

Diane Barker

2 February 2001

GO

Walter Million

Rt. Hon. Tessa Jowell

6 February 2001

GO

Jean Lambert MEP

John Prescott MP

8 February 2001

GO

Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP

Walter Million

9 February 2001

GO

Walter Million

Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP

12 February 2001

GO

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Trophy Architecture

Trophy Architecture - what happens when approval is given to plans for a building and it's then completed by other architects or developers with markedly different results from those expected - Radio 4 report, 10 March 2001; Background chronology
CPC press release 11/3/01

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Unitary Development Plan - 2003/2004


Unitary Development Plan - 2002

Second Deposit Draft (October 2002) - further notes

The deadline for submissions to Bromley Council was - 31 October 2002.

We have included some details which might help with your submission (Item 1) and we have included our first submission (Item 3) to provide some background information. See also Item 2, from the first round of objections, for additional notes. If there are still queries, there is contact information in Item 1:

  1. Unitary Development Plan (Second Deposit Draft)- Objections, October 2002
  2. Some background information (First Deposit Draft)
  3. Original Campaign submission, May 2001

The first item contains a table setting out our principal concerns - this table is also available in printable (.pdf) form from that page. This might be used as you wish or even included with your own comments added.


Unitary Development Plan - 2001

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10:31 Friday 11th May 2001

VICTORY - BROMLEY SCRAP CRYSTAL PALACE MULTIPLEX


Congratulations

There have been many expressions of delight and congratulations both from people we met at the recent park events and sent in to the Crystal Palace Campaign. Your comments have been exhilirating, touching and joyous.

Here's one example "YEAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The hard work put in by so many people has finally born fruit, but the end-game is just beginning. We do take very seriously some misgivings mentioned in your notes. Rest assured, the Campaign goes on until we have secured the future of Crystal Palace Park. Watch your website for developments as they unfold in the coming months.

Webmaster (21/5/01)


"Local Politicians, Public Meeting" 21 April 2001

Tessa Jowell said:

"I would like to join the others who have spoken so far this morning in doing two things. First of all in thanking the Crystal Palace Campaign for organising this meeting, but also paying tribute to the Crystal Palace Campaign for their dogged determination to persist, often in the face of all the odds and dispiriting, disappointment. You lose a court case, you pick yourself up, you keep on going and it is absolutely clear to me that it has been the presence of the Crystal Palace Campaign that is the principle reason why not one brick has yet been laid on the Crystal Palace site." (applause)


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Village Green Registration

We want to register the top-site at Crystal Palace as a village green. To do so we need to prove that it has been used by the public as of right for recreational purposes for at least 20 years. If we succeed, the cinema multiplex cannot be built on the site.

We have stopped our request for information for now ->->->->->->->->->

Brief update 27/07/00: Village Green matters are with our solicitors.

28/12/00 - Thanks go to the tremendous response from the many people who took the time to provide the material we requested. The matter is still under consideration but, at least for now , we need no further "witnesses" since we have all the information we require. Hopefully there may be an appropriate time to put in our application in the coming year - we will keep you all informed.

Thanks to Lorna English who helped collate and keep track of the responses.

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