ANOTHER series of public meetings will take place on plans for a future Paramount resort just across the water rom Thurrock in Kent, as developers reconsider the route into the tourist attraction.
London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH), the developer behind the £3.2 billion plans, will show changes to its masterplan for the resort, set to attract 15 million people a year reports Kent Online.
Bosses also confirmed a planning application for the project will be delayed for another year, having originally been due this summer.
The changes to access come after a dispute with more than 140 business owners whose companies sit on land needed for the project near the Swanscombe Peninsula between Gravesend and Dartford.
The company has delayed meetings with Peninsula Management Group, which represents the firms on Northfleet Industrial Estate, Kraft Kent Estate and Manor Way Business Park.
The group has said 4,500 jobs could be lost from the area if businesses are forced to close or relocate, estimating compensation would cost £500 million.
Under its current proposals, the access route will connect with the A2 at Bean and run parallel with the high speed line through Ebbsfleet into the resort.
The new consultation will be the fifth stage of community events run by the resort’s developers, who say their plans will create 27,000 jobs.
LRCH blamed a “heavily front-loaded” process for the delay to its planning application, known as a development consent order, which will be sent directly to the Communities Secretary Greg Clark.
