E&C shopping centre redevelopment

Background A brief description of the background to the scheme.

The Bingo Hall An important local community facility serving 500 local pensioners every day.

The Coronet A historic venue hosting important cultural events in a historic art-deco building.

Delancey's offshore connections The entire Elephant & Castle town centre has been registered to a shell company registered in the British Virgin Islands.

Public Land Public land has been donated to Delancey.

Renewable Energy The original plans proposed the scheme be supplied by 100% on-site generated renewable energy but the final consented scheme will provide just 1%.

Revolving Doors Former Council leaders and councillors are now working for developers and their agents.

Displaced Traders Only 10% of the redeveloped shopping centre has been earmarked for existing traders.

Transport Interchange The initial plans proposed a brand new transport interchange connecting the train station directly with the tube. This has now been shelved.

Delancey cooks the books Delancey cooks the books to reduce the affordable housing offer.

Who will pay for the 116 social housing units? Southwark negotiates itself out of a multi-million pound payment and it now looks like the 116 new social rented homes will be funded entirely by the Council.