The London Resort (Paramount Park London)
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I've been going through the documents in the Developer's Application and there's some interesting images throughout. Unfortunately the aerial overview and masterplan layout of the theme park itself is still mainly using placeholder generic designs, but aspects of the design can be matched to the designs of Paramount Park Kunming and Paramount Park Korea, which are all being designed together, at least to some extent. The Design and Acesss Statement says:

These zones will reflect agreements with intellectual property (IP) providers and will include rides and attractions suitable for families, children and the more adventurous thrill-seeking visitor. The content of the zones will be changed or updated from time to time in line with evolving market demand and the draft DCO and the ES incorporates the flexibility to enable this.

I suppose this is how they get away with not showing the actual detailed design of the theme park itself, because according to them the zones will be changed or updated.

This is the aerial overview included in the documents (a nighttime version was released back in October):



The documents include many descriptions and renderings of the central area of the resort which includes the hotels, waterpark, parking, ferry terminal, e-sports arena, visitors center, conference center, retail, dining and more:

The Water Park is an integral part of The London Resort Hotel and primarily for the enjoyment of its guests. It is accessed from a lower level beneath the London Boulevard and separated from the east wing of the hotel by a Palm Court creating an acoustic and environmental buffer where breakfast and all day dining is served to hotel guests. A place to visit in your bathrobes, and watch your children enjoying themselves in the supervised pools and water features beyond whilst enjoying a quiet cup of coffee and the chance to catch up and read a newspaper.

The Water Park itself would include a range of linked swimming pools designed for swimmers of all ages, with water slides and a wave machine. The Water Park would be enclosed under domed structures to ensure year-round comfort for visitors. It would be up to 12,335 m2 (GEA) in area, with a maximum height parameter of 40 metres AOD. The hotel would own and operate the Water Park to the east side for the benefit of hotel guests, with an ability to allow controlled access for non-hotel guests when appropriate.

This document is interesting because it describes all of the other potential locations around London considered for the resort: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/wp-content/ipc/uploads/projects/BC080001/BC080001-000414-6.2.4.1%20ES%20Appendix%204.1%20Assessment%20reports%20for%20the%20eleven%20site%20options%20considered%20by%20LRCH%20prior%20to%20the%20selection%20of%20Swanscombe%20Peninsula.pdf

Sources: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/wp-content/ipc/uploads/projects/BC080001/BC080001-000387-6.1.3%20ES%20Chapter%203%20-%20Project%20description.pdf and https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/wp-content/ipc/uploads/projects/BC080001/BC080001-000760-7.1%20Design%20and%20Access%20Statement%20(Part1).pdf and https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/wp-content/ipc/uploads/projects/BC080001/BC080001-000762-7.2%20Design%20Code%20(Part1).pdf and https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/wp-content/ipc/uploads/projects/BC080001/BC080001-000761-7.1%20Design%20and%20Access%20Statement%20(Part2).pdf

On behalf of the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government the proposal is accepted. The park will now be moving into the second phase, Pre-Examination.

https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/wp-content/ipc/uploads/projects/BC080001/BC080001-000805-LONR%20-%20Notification%20of%20Decision%20to%20Accept%20Application%20-%2028%20January%202021.pdf

The Distinguished Jumping Spider has nearly stopped the resort in its tracks! Many news articles are reporting that the land that LRCH will be using might turn into a land of specific scientific interest! This means that The London Resort could be gone.

Has anyone heard anything about the approval?

Some information on the planning application process for The London Resort...

What happens next. An application for the above project was received by the Planning Inspectorate from London Resort Company Holdings on 04 January 2021. The application documents for this application will be published on this website in due course.

From the day after receipt of the application, the Planning Inspectorate has 28 days to review the application and decide whether or not to accept it. The acceptance decision on this application should therefore be made by Monday 01 February 2021.

If the application is accepted, we will:
* On the day of the decision publish the acceptance decision and the Adequacy of Consultation Representations received from the relevant local authorities.
* As soon as practicable after the acceptance decision, publish the date from which you will be able to register to put your case on the application (by making a Relevant Representation) and become an Interested Party.
* As soon as practicable after the acceptance decision, publish the date on which the registration period will close.
* From the opening day of the registration period (as determined by the Applicant’s notification and publication) make the Relevant Representation form available on this website.

If the application is not accepted, we will:
* Publish the decision letter and reasons why it hasn’t been accepted.
* Remove all of the application documentation from this project page.

We cannot accept your views about this application until the registration period has opened. However, if you would like to find out more about the process in the meantime, please download Advice Note 8.2: How to register to participate in an Examination and/or refer to Planning Act 2008: guidance on the pre-application process.

Source: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/south-east/the-london-resort/#

Originally Posted by Guest

I walk through this area on most days and have seen a few men in hi vests and helmets inspect and survey the area, not sure if they have anything to with the London resort crew. Either way, I'm in two minds about this project. On the one hand, it'd be good for the economy and will likely reguvinate the area somewhat, its pretty exciting, I'll be honest. On the other hand, its a shame. The site that they want to build on is a beautiful area right by the thames with its marshes, a lovely place to get lost in, big enough to walk for hours if you please and feels very nutural and almost wild compared to other parks or natural areas. If this project does go through, I will miss this place and I'm many others too. North Kent in general already lacks accessible green space, so this is a massive blow, especially for an area named "Greenhithe".

I agree, this project is very exciting and I’m pretty sure it will go ahead however you don’t need to be concerned about the lack of green space as much of the space will never be developed so there will be space for walks they may just be a bit shorter!

I walk through this area on most days and have seen a few men in hi vests and helmets inspect and survey the area, not sure if they have anything to with the London resort crew. Either way, I'm in two minds about this project. On the one hand, it'd be good for the economy and will likely reguvinate the area somewhat, its pretty exciting, I'll be honest. On the other hand, its a shame. The site that they want to build on is a beautiful area right by the thames with its marshes, a lovely place to get lost in, big enough to walk for hours if you please and feels very nutural and almost wild compared to other parks or natural areas. If this project does go through, I will miss this place and I'm many others too. North Kent in general already lacks accessible green space, so this is a massive blow, especially for an area named "Greenhithe".

They actually did inspect and have provided an environmental assessment report

This cracks me up. ‘Former industrial site on brownfield’. They are liars. They are making no mention that the former industrial area is actually a busy fully working industrial estate. They haven’t gone about anything as they should. The area hasn’t even been inspected. This isn’t about a theme park. This is about building houses and hotels. They haven’t began to consider how the business’ will be relocated.

Originally Posted by Themeparkmad

Building on the ‘uk disneyland’ topic: it is not just LRCH that refer to the plans as the uks answer to Disneyland it’s everywhere in the news, if you simply search up: the London resort, most of the titles will be uk Disneyland or the uks answer to Disneyland and this is Extremely misleading as my freinds actually thought it was Disney that had proposed the plans and that they were very certain. I think that they should stop comparing it to Disneyland Paris as it’s similar very slightly but no similar enough to compare them both!

While many might mistake it for an actual Disneyland, I think describing as the “UK’s answer to Disneyland” is their best bet at getting the general public to understand what it actually is. There are maybe three sorts of park the public might understand - amusement park, lower-budget theme park and higher-budget theme park - the UK has some amusement parks and lower-budget theme parks about that the public may have been to or at least know of, and it’s important that this potential development is understood to be very different to what the UK currently has on offer, so to make it clear that this will be different they say it’s similar to the one major high-budget chain that the public actually know - Disney.

It isn’t great of course that some media outlets describe it as ‘UK Disneyland’ rather than ‘UK’s answer to Disneyland’, as that is a definite statement that it is a Disneyland.