Planning Application Details

Minor material amendment under s73 of the Town and Country Planning Act (1990 (as amended) to vary condition 1 (approved drawings) of planning permission 16/AP/4458 (Phased, mixed-use redevelopment of the existing Elephant and Castle shopping centre and London College of Communication sites comprising the demolition of all existing buildings and structures and redevelopment to comprise buildings ranging in height from single storey to 35 storeys (with a maximum building height of 124.5m AOD) above multi-level and single basements, to provide a range of uses including 979 residential units (use class C3), retail (use Class A1-A4), office (Use Class B1), Education (use class D1), assembly and leisure (use class D2) and a new station entrance and station box for use as a London underground operational railway station; means of access, public realm and landscaping works, parking and cycle storage provision, plant and servicing areas, and a range of other associated and ancillary works and structures comprising the enlargement and reconfiguration of the consented station box, including the provision of an additional basement level and minor elevational changes to the station entrance to: - enable the new station entrance to serve as the single point of entry / exit for both Northern and Bakerloo lines in the future; - facilitate future connection with the Bakerloo line platforms from the ticket hall, through provision of space for three additional escalators; - provide simpler step free access routes between the ticket hall and the Northern line platforms; - provide an extension to the firefighters' lift shaft to the Bakerloo line connection level; and - secure revisions to retain access to an existing London Underground ventilation shaft.