The movement was established in April 2013 in order to safeguard the historic site in British skateboarding following the publication of the Festival Wing plans by the Southbank Centre released on 6 March 2013.

[2] This proposed scheme included two new buildings above and alongside the Queen Elizabeth Hall to be funded to a significant degree by commercial restaurant and retail developments in the Undercroft space which would have been closed to its skateboarding and other current users.

The campaign seeks to protect a dynamic space that has been utilised for creativity and self-expression for decades, independently building a culture and community that continues to attract visitors from all over the world.

LLSB volunteer, Henry Edwards-Wood, says of the motivation for the campaign; "This space has empowered generations of physical, visual and collaborative expression and informed and directed the lives of people from all walks of life.

[5] Skateboarders initially appropriated[6] the area but it soon became used by BMXers, inline skaters, graffiti artists[7][8] and many other creatives including street dancers, musicians,[9] videographers and more.

The Southbank Centre released a response to the decision to list the Undercroft as an 'Asset of Community Value' advising that they have no intention of selling the space and the outcome makes no difference to their intended development.

[14] The campaign increased the awareness of the Southbank Centre's Festival Wing redevelopment proposals and established a growing support base of those opposed to it.

English Heritage originally welcomed the Festival Wing proposals, believing that it would provide "new facilities and opportunities for the Southbank Centre to cement its position as the leading arts complex in Britain".

[15] However, their concerns about the scale of the development plans led Simon Hickman, English Heritage's Inspector of Historic Buildings and Areas, to submit a letter to Lambeth council on 5 July.

He added that, "as it is their primary role to assess the physical effects of proposed development on a historic environment, further analysis was needed to find out the communal value of the Undercroft is necessary to ascertain the impact on recent cultural heritage".

Lambeth Council received the planning application from the Southbank Centre in May 2013 and due to the high level of interest in the development set up a page on their website with the aim to clarify "the facts" of the proposals.

Councillor Lib Peck, head of Lambeth Council, is quoted, "The Southbank Centre is an important asset to the borough, and the skate park has become an established part of it.

"[23] The website advises that Lambeth Council and the Southbank Centre agreed to extend the deadline for a decision on the planning application in order to allow discussions to take place.

This included a formal objection written by Nick Hytner, the artistic director of the National Theatre, which was published on the Southbank Centre's planning application on Lambeth Council's website.

It attracts tourists from across the world and undoubtedly adds to the vibrancy of the area – it helps to make London the great city it is" [26] This forced the Southbank Centre to drop their planning application for a period of reconsideration.

This hub will host interactive new learning and participation events and programmes that will welcome hundreds of school-children and local people to creative projects every day.