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The position appears to be a combination of both. My understanding is that the area will remain as is until the park determines its longer-term plans for the space. While a number of ideas have been discussed, I am not aware of any active development currently underway. In terms of the broader park presentation, while the overall licensing agreement does carry some significance through the annualised visits from the WB team, I understand the park has also adopted a renewed focus on overall presentation standards more generally.

May be part of the licensing agreement that items have to be kept at a certain displayable condition?

You can easily translate the character into PG humour, especially if it's going to be more of an action set piece Also I don't think there's anything wrong with having older IP in the park, I'd prefer that over the 2010s DC trend chasing

A decision is set to be made by Council in May

Just because they have licenced the character for in-park appearance, doesn't mean that they've got carte blanche to use it however they wish. The licencing agreements are usually very specific on what is and isn't allowed for the price paid - and any change to that would need renegotiation.