Carvil was appointed by Elephant & Castle Projects to provide public affairs and stakeholder consultation services to assist it with its plans to redevelop the shopping parade at 98-104 Rodney Road in a new building containing a hotel on the upper levels and community uses and local shop at the ground and lower levels. In its role as public affairs. 

As well as arranging meetings with key local stakeholders both at Southwark Council and the local community, Carvil arranged a series of meetings with local social enterprises to identify possible community uses that could be supported by the development. Cavil also arranged a series of drop-in sessions in December 2019 and February 2020 to obtain feedback on initial ideas and scheme evolution. A public exhibition of these plans was held in July 2020 and a planning application was submitted in September 2020. Following further engagement with key stakeholders a series of revisions to the scheme were made including amendments to the massing of the building and the inclusion of Arts Network, a mental health charity as the user of the 1st community space. Unanimous planning approval was obtained from Southwark’s Planning Committee for these plans in February 2023.

The Applicant is now working to deliver the scheme and secure a hotel operator.