“I regard the LDA’s proposals as crass, unnecessary and provocative … including housing proposals in Crystal Palace Park is unacceptable.”– The Rt Hon Lord Warner of Brockley LDA Masterplan proposals including sale of protected Crystal Palace Parkland to build nearly 200 private luxury homes have been called in for examination by the Secretary of State. A local inquiry will be held by a Government appointed Inspector. From this… to this! Bromley Council approved the LDA ‘Masterplan’ in December 2008 despite the application conflicting with their planning policies and the Mayor’s London Plan. The proposed sale of parkland for housing is widely publicly opposed and by all four neighbouring boroughs who…

Following grant of approval by the London Borough of Bromley on 9 December 2008 to the LDA Crystal Palace Park Masterplan application, the CPCA and others requested GOL to call in the application for public inquiry. As the proposals for development on Metropolitan Open Land and protected parkland are contrary to policies in Bromley’s UDP, this is known as a ‘Departure Application’ and Bromley must refer it to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Call-in criteria apply when the application: proposes the building of 150 houses or more, is on land owned by a local authority, conflicts with UDP policies, develops housing on any Greenfield site…