London’s ‘answer to Disneyland’ scrapped for good as judge orders company to wind up
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The proposal was for a park across 535 acres of the Swanscombe Peninsula near Dartford. Plans to build what has been described as the UK’s answer to Disneyland have been axed over funding rows and environmental concerns. The plans date back to 2012 when London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH) proposed a park to be built across 535 acres of the Swanscombe Peninsula near Dartford just outside of London.
A spokesman for LRCH said: “The dream of the London Resort has been ended by the courts. Natural England fatally wounded the scheme, a single creditor has killed it and, with it, any chance of the UK competing on the envisaged scale of London Resort.”.
A Kuwaiti businessman, Dr Abdulla Al-Humaidi, who was a driving force behind the resort told the local newspaper last year that the project had “destroyed my life”, adding that “it has ruined my reputation and left me bankrupt”. He also previously criticised Britain’s planning system as “broken” and said it needed to be “streamlined”.
LRCH had at one point partnered with Paramount Pictures during the planning stages. The park had a projected opening date of 2024, complete with a theme park, waterpark, conference and convention centre, retail spaces and e-sport facilities. More than 3,500 hotel rooms were also planned to be created alongside two ferry terminals – one on each side of the Thames.
