Planning approval for the regeneration of the Southwark Retail Park was secured on 28th May 2019 when Southwark’s planning committee unanimously approved 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 a scheme designed by Pilbrow & Partners.

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.