Crystal Palace Park
Crystal Palace Park is an historic treasure in the heart of South London.
Our vision for the park is for regeneration and rejuvenation, creating a revived metropolitan park of the twenty-first century, which meets the needs of local people, sportspeople, and the public at large and provides a valued leisure, educational and recreational resource.
The London Development Agency (LDA) wants to see more open green space, better access and a revitalised park.
The Mayor of London and the LDA took control (from Sport England) of the National Sports Centre in the park as part of London's bid for the 2012 Olympics. The LDA has the option to take on responsibility for the whole park by 2009.
We are working with partners - notably Sport England, Greenwich Leisure Limited and Bromley Council - to plan the long term future of the Park's facilities. We are in ongoing dialogue with a range of community representatives, organisations and sports associations to ensure we share our ideas and developments on a regular basis.
We submitted a Planning Framework to the Bromley Council and held a public consultation (October to December 2005) on its proposals. As a result of that consultation, we have adjusted our proposals and dropped plans to build housing in the Norwood Triangle.
Moving into the next phase of activity we appointed award winning Latz + Partners to lead the detailed masterplanning of the Park and to submit a planning application to Bromley in 2007.
The process included extensive public consultation and focused on a solution which maximises the rejuvenation potential for Crystal Palace itself and also the role of the Park as a catalyst for regeneration in South London.
Masterplanning
The LDA appointed landscape architects Latz and Partner to lead the masterplanning process. Working with a team of experts and advisors the masterplanning team formulated an exciting and innovative vision for the Park which which maximises the rejuvenation potential for Crystal Palace itself and also the role of the Park as a catalyst for regeneration in South London.
An exhibition of the Masterplan was held during two weeks in October 2007 and more than 4,000 local residents, stakeholders and other interested parties visited. The Masterplan was submitted to the London Borough of Bromley on 02 November 2007 and they are expected to take up to a year to consider and consult on its contents.
Comments on the submitted Masterplan should directed to the London Borough of Bromley. Details on how to do this can be found on their website.
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