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The DCC closed last September. As far as I knew it was going to be put up for sale. Not a very helpful reply to your question, sorry.

If anyone does have any information as to it's present situation I'd be very interested. My choir used to hold our rehearsals there but had to move when they closed. We were at the Palmerston till lockdown started, if, and I know it's a huge if, we can start rehearsing again we may need to find a bigger venue cause of social distancing. The DCC would be ideal !!

I noticed yesterday signage that it is occupied by tenants through one of the guardianship schemes, I think the sign was Lowe though I haven?t heard of this one. This suggests that the building is either already sold or the owners are waiting for to sell it.


While guardianship schemes can offer ?affordable? housing for those able to be more mobile, the tenants have so few rights (indeed, they know this from the outset), and it is a means through which developers are able to sit on land/projects e.g. wait for the land to appreciate in value while preventing it from being squatted in the traditional sense, or perhaps hold firm over projects that might have been rebutted or rejected by council until the ball is in their court. While I have friends who do or have lived as guardians, I?m sceptical about the good of them as they are a structure which protects/serves developers while boasting an outward appearance of providing a service to renters/tenants.

I was sufficiently curious to look it up on the land registry. It was sold in March 2020 to what looks to be a developer. I haven?t seen a planning application on Southwark?s website, so I suspect they might be biding their time. It?s a huge plot, but (unless I?m mistaken), the building is listed, which may have a bearing on what they can do to it.

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