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Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865), gardener & architect, creator of the original Crystal Palace in Hyde Park in 1851.
Master Plan supporters outside the Inquiry hall - July 2009
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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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On behalf of the London Development Agency Robin Buckle delivers the Master Plan to Bromley Council. The deed was done on the 1st November (2007), 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. |
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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
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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.Capel Manor will be running an afternoon exhibition and Q&A session at the old farm site in the park:DATE: 17 March 2007
(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.
"Welcome to Crystal Palace Park's new dedicated home on the internet.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.
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."
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! |
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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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