Developer plans alligator park

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An alligator park and farm could take centre stage in a £230m South London regeneration project if planners snap up a proposal. Developer Avanton plans to turn the Grade Ⅱ-listed Gasholders site on Old Kent Road into a tourist attraction, educational centre and "unique ecological habitat" for the predatory reptiles. The former gasworks is set to become a £230m mixed-use regeneration project with hundreds of new homes and open spaces, as well as more than 50,000 square feet of light industrial commercial use. In a statement.Avanton said it could put special shielded glass on part of the 50 metre-high gasholder frame to create a conservatory and pavilion for the alligators. It added: "Sliding glass panels in the conservatory [would] enable the temperature of the alligator park to be raised or lowered to keep the housed reptiles at optimum temperature for their health and wellbeing." A CGI image of the scheme (above) shows an alligator roaming outside of the gasholder frame.