Statement of Community Involvement - Southwark Council Planning ...

1.2 Project teamLend Lease is recognised as a world leader increating sustainable communities with theexpertise and capacity to deliver a wide arrayof complex mixed-use development projects.Southwark Council selected Lend Lease as itspreferred master development partner for theregeneration of the Elephant and Castle in 2007,and signed a Regeneration Agreement in July2010.Since signing the Regeneration Agreement,Lend Lease has been busy carrying out technicalsurveys and appointing a full and comprehensivedesign team.Soundings was appointed as part of this teamin Spring 2011 to co-ordinate and deliverformal consultation and engagement on thedevelopment of an outline Heygate Masterplan.Soundings was introduced to the community atthe Community Forum in May 2011.1.3 SoundingsSoundings delivers exemplary public andstakeholder consultation and engagement thatfeeds directly into emerging masterplans andcity strategies. Acting as a neutral voice in thedevelopment process, communities are engagedcreatively to seed change, inform design andempower local groups committed to the longtermsuccess of a place.1.4 Heygate MasterplanThis document forms part of the Outline PlanningApplication for the Heygate Masterplan. Keyelements that the regeneration will deliverinclude:• Up to 2,462 homes or residential units.• A new Park.• A vibrant mix of uses including residential,shops, bars, restaurants and cafes, business,community and culture and leisure uses.Phase One of the regeneration is the site definedby Rodney Road, Victory Place and Balfour Street.A Detailed Planning Application for approximately250 new homes to be submitted in Summer2012. This site is currently being developed byLend Lease and architects de Rijke, Marsh Morgan(dRMM).Consultation on the Heygate Masterplan andPhase One has overlapped. As a result, somereferences to Phase One are made within thisdocument. A separate Statement of CommunityInvolvement will be submitted as part of thedetailed planning application for Phase One.The Outline Planning Application for the HeygateMasterplan excludes Phase One.Soundings creates tailored processes workingclosely with architects, developers, agencies, localauthorities and local people. The Soundings teamdraws on extensive experience gained duringpublic consultations in well over half of London’sboroughs and across the UK, including King’sCross Central, the 2012 Olympic, Paralympic andLegacy Masterplans, and Chelsea Barracks.Soundings has been appointed to act as animpartial member of the team to ensure thatthe thoughts and views of local people andstakeholders are recorded and considered in anopen and rigorous way.The Heygate Masterplan Elephant and Castle Outline Planning Application March 20123