The development included building a football stadium for Cray Wanderers FC
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has turned down planning permission for a stadium development that would be built on green space.
The mayor reaffirmed his commitment to oppose building on green belt land by rejecting plans for a three-storey football stadium and blocks of flats in Chislehurst.
The development, which included building a football stadium for Cray Wanderers Football Club, community sports pitches and two four-storey residential blocks of 28 flats, had been approved by Bromley Council.
However, after carrying out a detailed assessment, the mayor said the plans would cause significant harm to an area of much-needed open green space. He was also concerned the application at Flamingo Park Club included no affordable housing.
Khan said: “I am determined to oppose building on the green belt, which is now even more important than when it was created.
“Working with my planning team, I will continue to use my full range of planning powers to further strengthen protections for open and green spaces in the London Plan and ensure we are making the most of brownfield sites across the city, including the vast swathes of public land which are ripe for building homes for Londoners.
“I want to work with developers to build the homes London so desperately needs and I will be the first mayor to use my planning powers to much greater effect, supporting boroughs rather than hindering them, and getting a firm grip on the housing crisis.”
