Kingsway International Christian Centre

==Crystal Palace==
KICC bought a site in [[Crystal Palace, London|Crystal Palace]] that was previously used as a bingo hall, but [[planning permission]] to use it as a church has not been granted. They held a business seminar there on 25 August 2012. The intention is to use it for their South West branch based in [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], London.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.crystalpalacelocal.co.uk/local-issues-a-groups/planning-and-development/517-kicc-set-to-open-in-former-cinema |title=crystalpalacelocal.co.uk KICC SET TO OPEN IN FORMER CINEMA |access-date=16 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427063356/http://www.crystalpalacelocal.co.uk/local-issues-a-groups/planning-and-development/517-kicc-set-to-open-in-former-cinema |archive-date=27 April 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/topstories/4456337.jaws-not-jesus-cinema-campaigners-continue-fight-against-church/|title=Jaws not Jesus: Cinema campaigners continue fight against church|website=Your Local Guardian|language=en|access-date=2019-04-04}}</ref><ref>[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=106545557724#!/group.php?gid=106545557724&v=info KICC SOUTH WEST MOVING TO CRYSTAL PALACE LONDON]</ref>

KICC originally applied for planning permission to change the [[Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987#Schedule of the UCO 1987 .28the .22Use Classes.22.29|planning use class]] of the building from D2 to D1, in order to allow use for religious ceremonies, on 13 August 2009.<ref name=2009BromleyPlanningApp>{{cite web|title=09/02202/FULL1 Change of use from bingo hall (Class D2) to church/ community use (Class D1) together with ancillary offices, cafe and bookshop 25 Church Road London SE19 2TE|url=https://searchapplications.bromley.gov.uk/onlineapplications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=KONZRYBT0GG00|work=London Borough of Bromley planning website|publisher=London Borough of Bromley|accessdate=9 May 2014}}</ref>  This application was refused, on two grounds - that the development would result in the loss of an important leisure venue "harmful to the social, cultural and economic characteristics of the area" and that the wide catchment area for the congregation would attract a large number of cars, resulting in "a significant adverse impact on the surrounding area in terms of parking demand and pedestrian safety".<ref name=BromleyRefusal>{{cite web|title=DC/09/02202/FULL1 - Notification of refusal of planning permission|url=https://searchapplications.bromley.gov.uk/onlineapplications/files/18F4DEF92E3591A4FD28D15D29B27A21/pdf/09_02202_FULL1-DECISION_NOTICE-1084560.pdf|publisher=London Borough of Bromley|accessdate=9 May 2014|date=21 December 2009}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  Despite the planning refusal and opposition from a group of local residents campaigning for the building to be converted into a cinema,<ref name=CinemaProtest>{{cite news|title=Cinema protest at disused site|url=http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/100-demonstrate-cinema/story-12130495-detail/story.html|accessdate=9 May 2014|newspaper=Croydon Advertiser|date=27 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220952/http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/100-demonstrate-cinema/story-12130495-detail/story.html|archive-date=12 May 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> KICC performed renovation work inside the building to convert its use from a bingo hall.<ref name=CroydonAdvertiserBingoFuture>{{cite news|title=Church's silence on bingo club's future|url=http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Church-s-silence-bingo-club-s-future/story-11363597-detail/story.html|accessdate=9 May 2014|newspaper=Croydon Advertiser|date=26 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120057/http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Church-s-silence-bingo-club-s-future/story-11363597-detail/story.html|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>  The building subsequently opened in August 2012.

In 2013, over 70 complaints were received by [[London Borough of Bromley|Bromley Council]] relating to a New Year's Eve event to be held at the venue called "Watchnight". The council issued KICC a notice under section 330 of the [[Town and Country Planning Act 1990]] to determine the format of the event, and officials visited the event on the night. Bromley's head of licensing confirmed that a [[Licensing Act 2003#Licensable activities|public entertainments licence]] was not required due to the religious content of the event. The council determined that the building had also been used for a religious event falling within use class D1 in February 2013. The chief planner of Bromley was of the view that the irregular nature of the religious events did not constitute a material change of use and suggested at a meeting of planning sub-committee number 1 on 6 February 2014 that Bromley continue monitoring the use of the site and request the owners to submit a new planning application for the intended use.<ref name=LBBromleyPlansSubCom1Meeting>{{cite web|title=DRR14/016, Kingsway International Christian Centre, 25 CHURCH ROAD, ANERLEY, SE19|url=http://cds.bromley.gov.uk/documents/s50017763/Kingsway%20International%20Christian%20Centre%2025%20Church%20Road%20Anerley%20SE19PART%201%20REPORT%20TEMPLATE.pdf|work=London Borough of Bromley Website|publisher=London Borough of Bromley|accessdate=9 May 2014}}</ref> A councillor for [[Crystal Palace (ward)|Crystal Palace]] complained that KICC "seem to be able to have their cake and eat it" and stated that the council "must demonstrate to owners we will enforce planning law if they choose to breach it. We should reject these recommendations and take enforcement action".<ref name=DualPurposeApplication>{{cite news|last=Green|first=Jerry|title=NEW BID TO USE FORMER CINEMA FOR CHURCH SERVICES 'Dual purpose' application expected|url=http://www.newsfromcrystalpalace.co.uk/new-bid-use-former-cinema-church-services-dual-purpose-application-expected/|accessdate=9 May 2014|date=21 March 2014}}</ref> The committee subsequently overturned the planner's recommendation by a vote of 5 to 3, instead giving KICC 30 days to submit a new planning application for mixed D2/D1 use or face enforcement action under planning regulations.<ref name=DualPurposeApplication />