London Resort plans for Swanscombe Disneyland move forward thisislocallondon.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thisislocallondon.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The London Resort will be a two-park mega-theme park in Swanscombe, if the £5bn project can get past environmental hurdles and be built. The London Resort developers have challenged the protected status of the Swanscombe Peninsula in the latest twist in the battle to build a £5bn mega-theme park in north Kent. Dubbed the UK s answer to Disneyland, the London Resort is one of Europe s most ambitious theme park projects ever and planned to be built on the Swanscombe Marshes, the twin-park could be three times the size of any other resort in the country. But the site, thought of as a wildlife haven, was recently declared to be a Site of Special Interest by Natural England, a motion The London Resort have now opted to fight.
Merlin says London Resort plans should be withdrawn thisislocallondon.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thisislocallondon.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The London Resort “It is absolutely fundamental for us to be leaders in sustainability, and we want to take time to review and ensure the project s gold standard case for sustainability. And this delay as now been granted by the Planning Inspectorate in light of the SSSI notification, confirmed by a written submission published on its planning portal. The Planning Inspectorate added that it would not normally agree to postpone the start of an examination for longer than three months and is longer than normally expected, the delay is justified to ensure a fair process. Gerbeau continued: We’ve already committed to spending around £150m on remediation, habitat enhancement and providing around 8 miles of footpaths and public rights of way.