Three new planning applications submitted by KICC - Kingsway International Christian Centre - to Bromley council for consideration state they are for a new canopy 'and alterations to the front elevation'; a non-illuminated wall mounted advertisement display board; and one for bicycle racks and benches where the advertising hoardings stood.
The words 'THE OPEN DOOR' would appear above the canopy.
But a closer examination of detailed drawings which accompany the three applications show that:
KICC plan to remove the existing doors replacing them with higher, wider doors - removing some of what appears to be the original facade of the building in the process;.
The canopy would be about one metre (three ft) higher than the remnants of the existing canopy.
The proposed advertisement board - which would be sitred above the benched area - is a 30 sheet size - 6578.6mm x 2921 m
Drawings which accompany the application include a bookshop with feature ladder on sliding track and what is listed as a 'security room (ticketing)' with clerk's window at ticketing booth.
A cafe is also featured in a separate drawing.
In one statement accompanying the application for 'canopy and alterations to front elevation' which refers only to "singage (sic) and front elevations changes to main entrance" the agent for KICC - which has owned the building for MORE THAN TWO YEARS - states: "The building has lost the appeal of its former glory and now exhibits signs of neglect and creeping dereliction.
"The external facade has worn paint and peeling windows."
In a separate submission the agent states: "The area has a sharp urban edge and is not a rural idyll."
The applicant's email is given as This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - and it was their South West branch covering Wimbledon which KICC originally intended using the building as a church for. The project name and address is given as KI9CC SOUTHWEST 25 Church Road.
Charity Commission records accessed online show that KICC Open Door was registered in July this year.
Its objectives state that they are for the benefit of the public; the advancement of the Christian religion and the furtherance of the charitable work of the church by the advancement of such other charitable purposes as the trustees shall from time to time decide.
One of the trustees is The Rev. Andrew Eshun Yawson who is also listed as a trustee of the newly-registered KICC National Forum UK which 'provides services' but it does not state what type of services these are.
| Kingsway International Christian Centre were refused permission to change the use of the former cinema - later a bingo hall - into a church in December 2009 by a Bromley council plans sub committee.
The decision followed a massive upsurge of public opposition to the proposals which included a public meeting in the Queens hotel further along Church Road attended by around 1,000 people. Despite repeated requests KICC have refused to meet with the three MPs for the area - or to engage with the Crystal Palace community, despite being urged to do so by Bromley council. |
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It's a multinational, or is it a bank, or is it a hotel?
It's not looking much like a church. Maybe it's a cinema...
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