Universal Great Britain - News & Info

[EllieB]

Woohoo! Well done Universal's lawyers haha

 

[UOR92]

My fave gif for such an occasion

 

[xtpower]

Thanks to @masekwm we have confirmation that the two very large homes on Manor Road have been sold to Universal.

 

[masekwm]

Changed the photos so the post above appears as deleted.

 

[xtpower]

Mohammad Yasin has dropped some information. Seems early Dec is when we should be expecting approval of the SDO.

 

[rob@rar]

Excellent news. No drama, things progressing as expected.

 

[xtpower]

Excellent news. No drama, things progressing as expected.

Also looks like this isn't being forced through and thus vulnerable to NIMBY's suing. I do wonder if the early December is the start of the 'made negative process' or perhaps the end? Rob, what do you reckon?

 

[rob@rar]

I do wonder if the early December is the start of the 'made negative process' or perhaps the end? Rob, what do you reckon?

That's testing my very limited parliamentary procedural knowledge, but I'd guess that early December would be the start of the process in terms of that being the date on which the Statutory Instrument is laid before Parliament (the SI would describe the Special Development Order which the government is approving). But the phrase "start of the process" I think might be a bit misleading, because the day that a 'made negative' Statutory Instrument is tabled it is assumed to have become law, even if there is a almost never used procedure for the Commons or the Lords to annul the government's action. The last time a made negative SI was annulled was in 1979, so I think it's safe for us to assume that when the government tables the SI that will be the succussful conclusion to Universal's planning permission application.

For those who suffer from insomnia you can see the long list of Statutory Instruments being tabled each day by the government here, and this is the page for Special Development Orders. I've been checking fairly often as I think we're in the window when it might be published at any time, but with Mohammad Yasin's update (including the nice photo of him, Johnny McReynolds and Gideon Freeman in Portcullis House) I can ease up on how often I visit those webpages.

 

[Alicia]

Mohammad Yasin has dropped some information. Seems early Dec is when we should be expecting approval of the SDO.

Nice and simple breakdown of this, and other recent developments:

 

[EllieB]

Great summary. I'd absolutely agree that the government will want to shout loudly about the SDO approval over the top of the other budget news. Exciting times!

 

[xtpower]

Nice and simple breakdown of this, and other recent developments:

Oh nice, not seen a USGBU update since April/May last year. Glad to see he's back on the horse.

 

[Dinosaurus]

The SDO is APPROVED!

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Great news!

 

[MikePat]

 

[Brian G.]

Official article

Universal Destinations & Experiences has cleared a major milestone in bringing its first theme park resort to the United Kingdom, as the government officially granted planning approval for the long-anticipated Universal Studios UK project.

Universal Studios UK Project secures planning approval for first UK Theme Park in Bedford

Universal Destinations & Experiences has cleared a major milestone in bringing its first theme park resort to the United Kingdom, as the government officially granted planning approval for the long-anticipated Universal Studios UK project on December 16. The decision allows the Universal to move

www.insideuniversal.net

 

[RFRees]

Great to see this *officially* moving forward!



Also adding a recommended YouTube channel (above) which I've been following for updates on the park (in addition to Inside Universal and ParkStop). Love their "The Field" updates.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Great to see this *officially* moving forward!



Also adding a recommended YouTube channel (above) which I've been following for updates on the park (in addition to Inside Universal and ParkStop). Love their "The Field" updates.

The Field is one of my favorite bits.