It has been announced that plans for a massive resort to rival Disneyland have been withdrawn. The huge theme park was set to be located on the Swanscombe Peninsula near South East London and was due to open in 2025, making it less than a three hour trip from Nottingham.
Artists' drawings signalled that the resort would include beaming lights pointing up to the night sky with an huge medieval-style castle and lava waterfalls. The park would have been the size of 136 Wembley Stadiums, KentLive reports.
Despite excitement from thrill-seekers, the proposal faced hurdles along the way due to the pandemic, and last year Natural England designated the site where it was due to be built a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). In a letter sent in late November to the Infrastructure Planning Inspectorate, the resort's CEO PY Gerbeau said that following the decision there would not be "material changes" to the resort's application, but instead, there will be "subtle changes in the green infrastructure strategy".
