KICC GET PREMISES LICENCE – BUT CAN’T OPEN FULLY JUST YET   THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH which owns the cinema building at 25 Church Road have been granted a premises licence – but they will have to wait before they can open their doors fully.   A licensing committee at Br

BACKGROUND TO THE NEWS: “CRYSTAL PALACE KNOWN FOR PARKING STRESS” PARKING IS a major concern in Crystal Palace, the hearing heard. “Crystal Palace is known for parking stress” said Francis Bernstein. “It’s all very well saying you can drop people of

CHURCH PLANS FOR CINEMA BUILDING THROWN OUT – AGAIN “If you put lipstick on a pig it’s still a pig” – councillor EXCLUSIVE KICC’s latest plans for the former Granada cinema building at 25 Church Road were thrown out by a Bromley council plans sub co

CHURCH PLANS FOR CINEMA BUILDING THROWN OUT – AGAIN “If you put lipstick on a pig it’s still a pig” – councillor EXCLUSIVE KICC’s latest plans for the former Granada cinema building at 25 Church Road were thrown out by a Bromley council plans sub co

‘CINEMA BUILDING COULD JUST BECOME A CHURCH’ The former Granada cinema building in Church Road, Crystal Palace could end up as just a church if an application to turn the building into a church with mixed community use is approved. The stark warning comes in an officers

“NO CINEMA USE FOR MORE THAN 45 YEARS” – KICC   A cinema use has not occurred at 25 Church Road for more than 45 years. “It is in this context that any objection on the basis of a loss of a leisure/entertainment use should be set” say KICC in their submis

“OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR CINEMA” There is an “overwhelming demand” for a cinema in Crystal Palace, say the Crystal Palace Triangle Planning Group in its objections to KICC’s plans. “Planning policy clearly indicates that the loss of community facili

KICC CAR PARKING SURVEY ‘FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED’ The car parking survey submitted in support of KICC’s application is fundamentally flawed in a number of material areas, says the council officers report. No assessment has been made of the impact of the proposal at time

WIDE VARIETY OF OBJECTIONS TO KICC PLANS A WIDE variety of objections are listed in the report to the council’s plans sub-committee. In addition to a petition objecting to KICC’s latest plans organised by the Picture Palace Campaign with 6,427 signatures; 767 individual ob

GLA MEMBERS, MPs AND COUNCILS AMONG OBJECTORS TO KICC PLANS KICC have provided little evidence to demonstrate any serious commitment to the D2 components of the proposals  says GLA member Steve O’Connell in his objection to Bromley council. Neither have they demonstrated any ser