Elephant and Castle Development Framework
 The consultation exercise and the detailed assessment work undertaken by the council have together been used to generate an illustrative masterplan for the Framework area.
The plan establishes a structure for the development in terms of the built form and the arrangement of streets, spaces and places.
It also shows how the proposals will relate to and integrate with the existing area.
The Framework provides for approximately 650,000 sq m of mixed-use development, arranged around an integrated network of pedestrian orientated streets and spaces, served by a high quality new public transport ‘hub’.
More specifically it provides for:
New buildings and facilities
- A minimum of 4,200 mixed tenure new homes to be provided in the core area of opportunity and the wider regeneration area
- Up to 1,100 new homes to replace the existing Heygate Estate (in the wider regeneration area)
- New shops, restaurants, cafes, leisure, hotel and cultural uses focused around a new and extended Walworth ‘High Street’, a Market Square and a Town Park
- New commercial employment floor space (office, workshops, live work)
- A comprehensive range of social, education, health and leisure facilities to serve the needs of the existing and new populations, including: a new secondary school (City Academy), a healthy living and leisure centre and a new library/lifelong learning centre
- An Energy Centre to provide energy services
- An energy advice centre to act as a focal point for the distribution of energy advice to local residents and businesses and to serve as an exemplar for the commercial application of new and emerging renewable energy technologies
New and improved public spaces
- A new Civic Square at the heart of the development
- A new High Street extension to Walworth Road
- A new Market Square
- A new Town Park
- A new Square on the Walworth Road - Faraday Square
- Upgrading of St. Mary’s Churchyard
- Upgrading of existing spaces and provision of new play facilities within the defined regeneration clusters in the wider regeneration area
- New signage, street furniture, lighting and public art
Improvements to public transport
- A new Northern Line Station
- Improved access to the Bakerloo Line Station and improved concourse facilities
- An improved rail station and better pedestrian access
- Accommodation of the Cross River Transit & City Trams
- New buses and improved bus waiting facilities
- Improved interchange between public transport modes
- A realigned road network designed to give priority to pedestrians, public transport and cyclists
- Taxi waiting facilities
- Below ground servicing for new buildings
- A minimal amount of off street car parking to serve the operational needs of the development
- On street and off street cycle parking
- A Mobility Centre
In addition to the above, developers will provide affordable housing in line with the requirements of the Framework and training and skills initiatives for local people to access the new jobs that will be created.
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