Elephant & Castle final-phase plans approved despite lower affordable housing share

By Daniel Gayne2026-03-24T15:09:00

Source: Get Living

Get Living’s new plan is taller, has more homes and introduces student accommodation, while keeping number of affordable homes the same

Revised plans for the third and final phase of redevelopment of Elephant and Castle’s town centre have been green-lit by Southwark Council, despite a decrease in the proportion of affordable provision

The new plans will see a major uplift in the total residential provision through the introduction of a student accommodation component and an increase in the schemes height, while the number of homes for affordable and social rent remains the same.

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