New plans for London Resort, dubbed the ‘UK’s answer to Disneyland’ have been released this week. Their statutory public consultation invites members of the public, as well as nearby businesses, to give their thoughts on the new plans up until September 21.

A consultation is under way on the plans after a theme park at the site in Swanscombe, Kent, was first outlined in 2012.

Construction on the site, in Swancombe, Kent could potentially begin in 2022, with the resort opening two years after that.

LRS are providing full land referencing services to assist with a Development Consent Order and Planning for the £5 billion London Resort project. It would be the first park of its kind to be built in Europe from scratch, since Disneyland Paris in 1992. The resort will cover an area roughly equivalent to 136 Wembley stadiums on a former cement works site next to the River Thames.

Two theme park areas are planned with rides influenced by big blockbuster films and TV shows made by partners including Paramount Pictures and the BBC. London Resort will also feature a water park, conference venues, hotels and a shopping centre.

Bosses behind the plan have outlined 9,000 direct and 20,000 indirect jobs would created for the resort within its first year.

They claim it would rise to 17,000 and over 35,000 respectively after 15 years. Roles would include a range from high-tech engineers to seasonal part-time workers.

In a new statement, The London Resort said:

"The new plans and updated assessments reveal a new vision, exciting content including infrastructure improvements and environmental enhancements alongside economic benefits."

The London Resort's CEO - PY Gerbeau - said:

"The London Resort represents a unique opportunity to bring a thrilling and exciting global entertainment destination to the UK with a breadth of facilities.

It will generate multi-billion-pound investment, thousands of jobs, and will transform a largely brownfield site into one of the most exciting entertainment destinations in the world."