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There are all sorts of plans in the works to get Thamesmead – one of London’s most poorly connected areas – up to scratch with the rest of the city.
Built in the 1960s, the estate was supposed to be a post-war housing solution for London, but its isolation from the rest of the city caused many problems to arise in the area, and it eventual fell into disrepair. Now there’s a huge regeneration project, run by the British housing association Peabody, to make Thamesmead a more appealing place to live.
Now This Is Local London has reported that Thamesmead could get 20,000 new home for 50,000 people, doubling the town’s population. The majority of the 20,000 homes have been proposed to be on the Thamesmead waterfront, although the project may not go ahead unless the DLR is extended to the area.
More than 500 new homes have already been built in South Thamesmead, which is closest to the Abbey Wood Elizabeth line station.
In 2022 Bexley Council gave Peabody planning permission to demolish and redevelop the Lesnes Estate, which was where Stanley Kubrick filmed A Clockwork Orange. This would make way for 1,950 new homes, of which Peabody said a minimum of 35 percent would be affordable.
Construction is also under way to build more than 1,900 homes in West Thamesmead, on a 6.8 hectare site that was once the home of Arsenal Football Club. It’s hoped that 40 percent of these homes will be affordable.
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