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Campaigners’ bid to recreate park’s past
11:52am Wednesday 26th March 2008
A PLAN to build a new Crystal Palace has huge public support, say campaigners.
Comments (11)£265m funding to build new palace
12:30pm Wednesday 30th January 2008
FUNDING is in place to see a new Crystal Palace built as part of plans to overhaul a historic park.
Capel Manor farm opening delayed
12:26pm Wednesday 5th December 2007
The opening of Capel Manor's farm in Crystal Palace Park is likely to be delayed until January.
Crystal Palace site to be used as car park
12:15pm Wednesday 5th December 2007
The site where the Crystal Palace once stood could be used as a car park for major events, according to a London Development Agency (LDA) representative.
Next step in park revamp
9:15am Thursday 8th November 2007
A COUNCIL has received a planning application for a development in a major park.
Park plans submitted
3:44pm Monday 5th November 2007
The London Development Agency's planning application for Crystal Palace Park was submitted to Bromley Council last week.
Mixed reception to Crystal Palace masterplan
5:36pm Tuesday 30th October 2007
The exhibition of the £67.5m Crystal Palace Park masterplan is due to end today.
Agency unveils its masterplan for park
10:23am Wednesday 24th October 2007
A MASTERPLAN for the future of a park has been unveiled.
£67m Crystal Palace Park masterplan unveiled
1:57pm Monday 22nd October 2007
The London Development Agency's (LDA) £67.5million masterplan for Crystal Palace Park has received mixed reviews since its unveiling last week.
Diving group at risk of going under?
8:34am Saturday 13th October 2007
A diving group is at risk of folding after asbestos found at its training pool forced its closure.
The LDA must not move the goalposts in park consultation
9:15am Wednesday 10th October 2007
First they promised on their website we would get to see, and comment on, the park redevelopment masterplan before it was finalised and submitted to Bromley Council.
Let the public have their say on park plans
6:07pm Tuesday 9th October 2007
MPs and local groups have joined this newspaper in demanding that the London Development Agency (LDA) allows the public to see and comment on its Crystal Palace Park masterplan before it is submitted to Bromley Council.
LDA goes back on Crystal Palace Park promise
6:14pm Wednesday 3rd October 2007
The LDA has reneged on its promise that the public would have the chance to see the Crystal Palace Park masterplan and would listen to their views before submitting it to Bromley Council.
Crystal Palace Opening Delayed by Asbestos
12:01pm Wednesday 3rd October 2007
The long-awaited reopening of the Crystal Palace Park farm has been delayed again after asbestos was found in the old buildings.
Could the Crystal Palace be rebuilt?
12:26pm Tuesday 25th September 2007
A full-size replica of the Crystal Palace could be rebuilt on its original site, according to a ambitious plan drawn up by architects and developers.
Fury as park walk cancelled
12:24pm Wednesday 19th September 2007
Crystal Palace residents have slammed yet another London Development Agency (LDA) fiasco, after a public walk around the park to discuss its future was cancelled at the last moment.
Crafty way to spend the day
3:33pm Friday 14th September 2007
An antique, collectables and craft fair is due to be held at an Upper Norwood community centre this weekend.
Asbestos found at Crystal Palace Park's sports centre
3:14pm Friday 14th September 2007
Crystal Palace Park's National Sports Centre has been closed after asbestos was discovered there.
LDA plans walk
11:44am Thursday 13th September 2007
The London Development Agency is due to host a walk around Crystal Palace Park next Saturday to talk about the future of the historic park.
Park masterplan labelled 'money wasting exercise'
4:13pm Tuesday 28th August 2007
The £5million cost of drawing up a masterplan and consulting the public over the redevelopment of Crystal Palace Park has been labelled a "pointless money wasting exercise" by residents who claim they have not been listened to.
20 years to spruce up what was built from scratch in two
2:47pm Wednesday 22nd August 2007
The proposed 15 to 20 year timescale for the redevelopment of Crystal Palace Park has been criticised by residents and businesses who say a whole generation will have grown up by the time the park is complete.
Public left in the dark over park masterplan
5:00pm Wednesday 15th August 2007
The Crystal Palace Consultation team has been forced into a humiliating public apology for failing to update its website with key information about the public consultation and masterplan.
Crystal Palace plans do not rule out £12m flats
7:23am Wednesday 8th August 2007
Housing is to be included in the regeneration of Crystal Palace Park - a project which it has now emerged will take a massive 15 to 20 years to complete.
Palace dinosaurs get heritage upgrade
8:17pm Monday 6th August 2007
Crystal Palace Park's dinosaurs are to join Buckingham Palace, the Royal Albert Hall and the Whitehall Cenotaph on a list of national treasures.
Wind turbines on site of old Crystal Palace water towers
12:57pm Friday 11th May 2007
The famous water towers which stood in Crystal Palace Park for nearly 80 years are to be rebuilt as wind turbines.
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