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  • Updated: Friday 13 JUNE 2008


MASTERPLAN

  • New Items Added
  • includes more detailed plans
  • includes emergency link to Bromley
  • end of May is the closing date

A set of the documents and plans necessary to read for assessing the Masterplan is now on this website owing to the difficulties of getting at the mass of information on other sites.

Click here to go to the
one-stop-shop

Deadline - end of May


Added: link to Chris Evans of Bromley for comments on Master Plan - their website isn't functioning right now!!!

 
Click the badge to go to PARKLIFE where you can find out about the Master Plan, the Park its history and its future.

Joseph.Paxton

Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865), gardener & architect, creator of the original Crystal Palace in Hyde Park in 1851.

 

 

Two important documents associated with the Master Plan
  • Moved to MasterPlan link page(red box)

 



MASTER PLAN - Exciting Moment


roof radio mast

Copper roof covering

National Sports Centre - refurbishment.
Where is all that time and money going?

Take a look at a short picture report on the progress being made in refurbishing the NSC building.

link to NSC report

 

The Crystal Palace Campaign is a popular movement which has successfully prevented a 20-cinema multiplex from being built on the historic, Grade II* listed site in Crystal Palace Park where the rebuilt (Sydenham) Crystal Palace used to stand.

We are now engaged in a dialogue process, which we initiated, to see the results through to a successful conclusion i.e. an arrangement in place to allow full and proper consultation.

Included is news, history, anecdotes, forthcoming events; including the material from the first phase of the campaign.

In view of the changing circumstances and Campaign successes we have updated the items Who We Are and our Core Principles - the original versions are archived in A18, the links above go to the updated pages. (6/11/2004)

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For old "Season's Greetings" messages and various other archived material go to
Archive Index.
 

EXCITING MOMENT

On behalf of the London Development Agency Robin Buckle delivers the Master Plan to Bromley Council. The deed was done on the 1st November, and acknowledged by Bromley Council on 2nd November. This is the first of three elements of the planning application - the other two concern 'listed buildings' and the 'conservation area'.

Bromley will shortly formally register the document and will then begin the normal consultation/comment process. Because of the size of the application (count the boxes!), special arrangements are being made to view it at Bromley Headquarters and the process will extend longer than usual simply to give everyone a chance to read and comment on the huge amount of material.

As soon as more detail about the planning registration number, viewing etc. becomes available it will appear here!

Exciting Moment... This is the culmination of the Master Planning phase of the move to regenerate the Park and the result of a vast amount of work commissioned by the LDA. This phase was one of the most expansive consultation process of any planning application of this type. The consultation kept the Master Planners informed about community aspirations and directly influenced many of the choices they made. It gave many thousands of people a chance directly to have their say.

The Crystal Palace Campaign have always promoted consultation. We initiated the Dialogue Process more than five years ago and have supported it since. We will continue to do so in the phases to follow. Our supporters can be proud of the achievements so far and look forward to the new future for Crystal Palace Park.

Grouped items see Themes page...or
try our SEARCH page for site searching.
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"There is no city like London. It is a wonderfully diverse and open city providing a home to hundreds of different nationalities from all over the world. I can't think of a better place than London to hold an event that unites the world." - Nelson Mandela...

see....London 2012 Olympic bid website green table

STAKEHOLDERS' DIALOGUE PROCESS

Short report & update:
Recent meetings have pointed to some interesting developments in the Master-planning-consultation process which is rapidly moving forward:Capel Manor College - planning application was made to Bromley Council on 20 February 2007 and is due to be heard in April.The case number is: 07/00665/FULL1
Crystal Palace Park
Thicket Road
London Access to details is is via the Bromley website, Planning section.The main campus of the College at Enfield was visited by members of the Park Working Group in January to take a look at their facilities*. The overall impression was very good and virtually everyone agreed that Capel Manor College, including the animals, would be a welcome addition to the Park. They symbolise excellence in their education activities with students who, as demonstrated at Enfield, are responsible and more than capable of fulfilling a complex set of requirements. The LDA will be providing a funding package which enables Capel manor to

(1) open the farm to the public, without charge, for a minimum of 3 to 4 hours on weekends and 2 to 3 hours on weekdays for an average of 5 to 6 days a week. Visting times will vary according to season.
(2) provide day visits for up to 3,000 schoolchildren a year to the farm (at no charge to the schools).
(3) provide enhanced facilities for visitors to the farm and a wider range of animals than that originally planned i.e. Kune Kune pigs, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, hamsters, gerbils, degus, chinchillas, parakeets, finches, snakes, small lizards, amphibians, alpacas, Shetland ponies.
Capel Manor will be running an afternoon exhibition and Q&A session at the old farm site in the park:DATE: 17 March 2007
TIME: 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
VENUE: Old farm siteMuseum - a full time Museum Development Officer has been appointed and has started work with the museum trustees and other interested parties in developing a plan for the future of the Museum. Naturally, this work will be closely tied to the overall Park plan.Crystal Palace Station - Turnstiles - Bromley Council have approved plans by the LDA and work is expected to begin shortly after the Easter holidays. The ugly concrete turnstiles will be demolished and replaced by a "simple functional landscaped area" which will provide an attractive and friendly entrance to the Park - no longer hidden behind steel bars and concrete. This scheme will be one of the first of a series of initial improvements to the park ahead of the formal masterplan.Public Workshop - the second public workshop on the future of Crystal Palace Park will be held as follows:DATE: Saturday 17th March 2007
TIME: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm (lunch provided)
VENUE: Sydenham High School, 19 Westwood Hill, Sydenham SE26 6BLNew Park Website - a new website which will take over much of the function of the old LDA website for Crystal Place Park can be found at: http://www.crystalpalacepark.net/
"Welcome to Crystal Palace Park's new dedicated home on the internet.
The park has an amazing history. It has something for almost everyone.
The park's 200 acres are home to a wide range of activities, from people simply walking their dogs, to others enjoying the traditional English wooded landscape, or attending major music events while others use the National Sports Centre and Stadium.
This is the new site which will be growing and evolving over the coming weeks, we would welcome your comments on what information you would like us to provide.
Feel free to explore this site and find out more about the Park, its history, what's going on today and the plans for its future."
Park News - the third edition of Park News has been distributed widely around the park neighbourhood. It contains all the latest news concerning the progress of plans for the park, park events and much else.-----*This was reported at the Main Group Meeting of 10th March 2007. The full minutes of this meeting are not yet completed but will be found on the LDA website. As well as the Main Dialogue Group Minutes, you will also find there minutes of the Park Working Group, the Sports Working Group and the Museum Task Group.

WHAT'S BEEN ADDED....

In the course of looking through the Master Plan material it became clear that there were other items of use in assessing the scheme So various plans (including the tree schedule) have been added to the one-stop-shop page. GO TO THE ONE_STOP_SHOP!

  • INAUGURATION of the Crystal Palace Corner - picture report by Ray Sacks 13 June 2008
  • Crystal Palace Corner Project - picture report 1 June 2008 - by Ray Sacks
  • Park hosts Crystal Palace replica - BBC news 31 May 2008
  • Letters to journals
  • Link to Master Plan page updated: includes FAQ page and a descritpion of the planning process
  • Link to Sydenham Town Website: one of the better local sites with lots of history content.
  • Governance: the Park Working Group is now beginning to tackle the question of park governance. Governance models abound and each park has differences which might lead to different governance methods. Nevertheless, one important feature is to ensure that the community has a say in park affairs - this is the last remaining formal item (No. 4) in the Crystal Palace Campaign's "Core Principles".
  • Olympic Training Grounds Named

    Capel Manor College - Crystal Palace Park - a visit by the Park Working Group, 9 February 2008: A very impressive set-up run by people who are experts and care for the animals from centipede to llama size! I spoke to several people walking in the park who were disappointed by the delayed opening and would have loved to take their children into the compound....

    Come on DEFRA. only a licence stands between the new College, its animals and the public!

    Take a look at a picture record of the visit...

  • Crystal Palace Corner Project - notes from John Greatrex 22/1/08
  • The Victorians - what they did for us: exhibition 22 July, Peterborough Museum
  • Capel Manor - Steve Dowbiggin Receives OBE
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) - Waterman Environmental 10 December 2007; summary presented to the Park Working Group by Elin Thomas and Emily Low [.pdf file 29 pages, 3Mb]
  • Masterplan Interpretation Strategy - produced on behalf of the LDA by Laura Samuels - Brent Design Unit September 2007 [.pdf file 87 pages, 1.25 Mb]
  • List of Consultants - a huge amount of work has gone into investigating the current state of Crystal Palace Park and providing important background material for developing a regeneration strategy - this list of consultants indicates (more or less) who did what.
  • eBulletin December 2007 - where to find the planning application - Bromley Planning case numbers. 
  • NSC - catchup item: Press release LDA Setember 2007 - NSC closed
  • Some useful web links have been added - go to WEBSITES. Note that in providing these links, the Campaign does not necessarily endorse the website contents.
    • Crystal Palace Park - London Development Association link
    • Crystal Palace Park - Local Dialogue and Master Planners link
    • NEW Crystal Palace Project - link to "rebuild the Crystal Palace group"
  • John Logie Baird - Walkabout Crystal Palace Park and Exhibition - last chance
  • Some notes on the MASTERPLAN EXHIBITION - includes link to Video - voices from the exhibition.
  • Where are they now? - hardly worth tracking the old enemy. Nevertheless, here's what one of them got up to... Private Eye
  • The Park TALKS - video
  • PARK NEWS 5: section - summary of what's planned for the Park. An astonishing array of items which constitute most of the Master Plan for the Park.
  • Statement of Accounts to May 2007 - link to Themes.
  • Transport for London's SURVEY on possible routes for the proposed tramlink has been completed and the results published.
  • Beckenham History Website - link: Beckenham History "Today's memories and photographs will become the history of tomorrow." Great pictures and super display.
  • A NEW START(2) - added plan of the area; go to A New Start - Link to Plan (bottom of that page).
  • Renovation of the NSC: recently , last week, the pool equipment (I believe) suffered another breakdown indicative of the parlous state of the infrastructure of the building. The LDA announced that they had decided on a course of action. This followed extensive discussions with the Dialogue Process, Park Working Group (PWG) - this press release (which had been available on the LDA website) has now been put in easy reach - another example of how 'things are moving' in the Park: read more...
  • Since environmental issues are of special interest to park visitors, the Planning Policy Guideline for NOISE (PPG-24) has been added here with a link to parliament sites.
  • A NEW START - May 2007 - changes in the Park - removal of concrete begins...
  • CAPEL MANOR COLLEGE - PLANNING PERMISSION GRANTED! Congratulations to this specialist educational charity. Soon the animals will be back in the park. Read more...
  • also - the "Fortress Entrance" - just behind Crystal Palace Station is on the way out - another great planning approval! Read more...
  • "Sale of the Century" - sale catalogue of the Crystal Palace dating from 1911 acquired by the RHS - article and additional comments from this editor
  • Items in the what's been added section archived (A27)
  • Collected various statements on EIA issue (newly collated)
  • The seasons' greetings (2006_2007) page, as with former greetings pages, is now in the Archive section.....
  • We are currently updating our email lists - please let us know if you or your friends want to receive bulletins from the Campaign from time to time - send us your email address (we are registered under the Data Protection Act).
  • The House of Lords judgement in the "Barker Case" has been given this morning - no comments just yet, but here is the whole ruling...
  • Mayor of London meets PWG 11 October 2006 - notes on meeting with Ken Livingstone at the City Hall. Following the postponement of the building of a new NSC until after the Olympic Games - this came as a surprise to members of the Park Working Group - an exchange of correspondence with the Mayor followed which ended in a meeting at the City Hall on 11th Octonber 2006. The notes report the main points of the meeting after which participants were satisfied with the dialogue but realised that the delay moved into a timing where gurantees couldn't be 'water-tight'... 


  • A Whiff of Archaeology in the Air - notes and a proposal for an Archaeological study of the site of the Crystal Palace - by Ray Sacks (Webmaster: the article contains a number of pictures which may be a bit slow to download for dial-up internet users; apologies for that, it is sometimes difficult to balance between download time and fuzzy pictures....)
 


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Licencing Hearing
European Commission Acts
Anerley Road Tunnel
Village Green Registration
UDP

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Sir Joseph Paxton - the leading photograph above is of a sculpture by W.F.Woodington, 1869: it now stands facing the sports stadium, his back towards the old Palace site! In 1823 Paxton moved to the Horticultural Society in Chiswick and entered the date of his birth as 1801 - an action which mislead many an historian. In fact he was born on 3rd August 1803 in a small village called Milton Bryan a few miles south-east of Milton Keynes in Bedfordshire. He died on the 8th June 1865 at Rockhills in Sydenham, south London, having seen his great building, Crystal Palace, for the last time in May of that year. He was wheeled in a chair through a flower show and, although surrounded by the plants he had always loved, he was unable to complete the journey.


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