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Bromley Council quits Crystal Palace negotiations

Bromley Council have pulled out of negotiations with a Chinese developer to build a replica Crystal Palace.

ZhongRong Group wants to rebuild Crystal Palace, which burnt down in 1936, but has failed to meet a deadline set by the council to produce plans.

Bromley Council, which says it is not extending its “exclusivity agreement” has been concerned by slow progress on the project that was initially backed by London Mayor, Boris Johnson.

In a statement, Bromley Council said the 16-month agreement had lapsed, and would not be renewed.

Council leader Stephen Carr said: “This was why we were prepared to properly listen to what ZhongRong had to say but we were never going to simply say yes to absolutely anything, as we need to get this right,” he said.

“Now, we will meet with community stakeholders as we have done all the way along this process to review options going forwards.

“We are continuing to progress plans to improve Crystal Palace Park with an investment in excess of £2 million.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .