Community, Leisure and Cultural Uses (Use Classes D1 and D2)

13 Conclusions
13.1 Section 38(6) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, requires proposals to be determined in accordance with
the Development Plan unless other materials considerations indicate otherwise.
13.2 The Statement assesses the Development against the Development Plan and other relevant national, regional and local
planning policy, including the draft Elephant and Castle Supplementary Planning Document / Opportunity Area Planning
Framework which we expect will be adopted by the time of determination and will be a significant material consideration.
13.3 The Development is considered to accord with planning policy which endorses the principle of the Site being developed
for high density, residential led mixed-use development.
13.4 The Development will result in the creation of a new urban quarter on an underutilised brownfield site which will act as a
catalyst for further development in the Opportunity Area and will contribute significantly to achieving the Council’s
targets in the area. The Development will bring about comprehensive social, physical, economic and environmental
regeneration of a strategically important brownfield site.
13.5 This Statement assesses the Development and identifies the key benefits associated with it. These are summarised
below:
The mixed use approach to the Development fully accords with the hierarchy of policy and guidance associated with
the Site and will act as a catalyst for the Council’s wider vision for the Opportunity Area.
The redevelopment of the Site in its central and accessible location will make an important contribution to
sustainable mixed use place-making in London and will create a new mixed use neighbourhood and place that is
distinctive whilst integrated into its surroundings.
The Development will deliver a change on a strategic scale in keeping with its location and context as one of
London’s important Opportunity Areas.
The Development is residential-led with related supporting uses and will make a substantial contribution to overall
regional housing delivery for central London as well as local housing delivery for the Council.
The Development maximises the amount of residential use on the Site, intensifies the housing provision and provides
a substantial level of new private and affordable housing in an area with excellent public transport accessibility.
The Development provides a mix of uses that will create a dynamic and vibrant urban quarter and will result in an
additional 1,200 FTE jobs in the area and circa 1,000 construction jobs.
13.6 The likely impacts of the Development have been fully assessed by the Environmental Statement and other application
documents and any mitigation measures have been identified. The Development is considered to be entirely appropriate
for its location.
13.7 The Development has been the subject of extensive consultation with the Council, the Greater London Authority,
stakeholders, neighbouring boroughs, English Heritage and the public. This has resulted in changes to the Development
to take into account the comments received. This process of consultation and engagement is on-going.
13.8 The design of the Development responds fully to its setting and context and the balance of flexibility and control that the
Parameter Plans and the Design Strategy Document provide is considered to be acceptable for a development of this
scale, complexity and likely timescale.
13.9 The Development accords with planning policy and will result in a significant and beneficial change to this important part
of Southwark and London.
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The Heygate Masterplan Elephant and Castle Outline Planning Application March 2012