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 to 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.  Following revisions to the scheme and a further round of consultation the planning application was considered in January 2018 when a decision to determine the application was deferred for further discussions with key stakeholders. The planning application was finally

approved by Southwark¹s Planning Committee in July 2018 and granted formal planning approval in January 2019 following approval from the Mayor of London and the decision of Southwark Council¹s Planning Sub-Committee B to grant planning approval for a temporary home for traders forced to relocate from the shopping centre site. 

Construction of the Shopping Centre is on-going.