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The Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC), which owns the building, had previously applied to convert it into a church but the plans were rejected by Bromley Council last February.

The KICC then disposed of its freehold of the property, opening the way for the long-standing Picture Palace Campaign to submit a bid to turn it into a professionally run cinema.

Picturehouse Cinemas made several approaches to the church to purchase the building last year having said in 2016 that it would still be interested in buying the premises - but it never made a formal offer and this allowed Everyman to step in, and contracts were exchanged on Wednesday (January 24).