The redevelopment of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre and London College of Communication was formally granted planning permission, following the decision of Southwark Council’s Planning Sub-Committee B to grant planning approval for a temporary home for traders forced to relocate from the shopping centre site.  Traders moving to Castle Square will pay a blanket £18 per square foot on the first floor of the temporary facility and £24 per square foot on the ground floor for the next five years, while the new town centre is being built.

Carvil was engaged by Delancey to assist it with its acquisition of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre.  Subsequent to the acquisition Carvil was appointed by Delancey to provide it with strategic public affairs services and lead the consultation on the planning application to deliver a new town centre for Elephant & Castle. In that role Carvil assisted Delancey with the incorporation of the London College of Communication site within the scheme that proposes to provide a new town centre with enhanced public spaces, a new shopping destination, improved transport links (including a new tube station entrance and ticket hall for the Northern Line), new homes to rent and a new campus for London College of Communication. In taking forward this development Carvil undertook a listening exercise in July 2014 followed by a two four-day public exhibition in 2015 and 2016 attended by over 800 people on each occasion, as well as arranging a series of public workshops with key stakeholders and attending a series of consultation meetings with key local stakeholders.