Carvil was appointed by the Strathclyde Regional Fund to assist it with its plans to bring forward a comprehensive redevelopment of the Southernwood Retail Park on the Old Kent Road including 724 residential units including 219 affordable homes and a 48-storey tower, over 2,500sqm of new shops, cafes and restaurants, a three-screen cinema and a 195-room hotel as well as new public spaces and routes across the site.  In its role as public affairs and engagement advisor Carvil arranged two two-day public exhibitions, organised a public website and arranged a series of meetings with key local stakeholders including the ward councillors. The Old Kent Road Mosque and Astely Cooper TRA.  

A planning application was submitted in October 2018 and was unanimously approved by Southwark’s planning committee in May 2019.