"A proposal to build 15,000 new homes on a brownfield site at Thamesmead has been shortlisted as one of 12 "new towns" across the country to help meet house-building targets. The plan was given a boost last year with the Chancellor backing a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) extension to the area, but the scheme is still waiting formal government approval."
"James Small-Edwards, the Labour Assembly Member told the Local Democracy Reporter Service: "You've got Peabody ready to go, you've go the DLR extension now approved by the Government it's a really exciting site, I think it'd be great for London," he told the LDRS. "It's really important to bring down the number of people on housing waiting lists as well I hope that we'll get a stamp of approval in the spring.""
Peabody plans a 15,000-home Thamesmead Waterfront development on a 100-hectare brownfield site in south-east London. The scheme has been shortlisted as one of 12 "new towns" to help meet national house-building targets and has government backing for a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) extension, but it still awaits formal approval. A planning committee said approval is necessary to address the capital's housing crisis and reduce council housing waiting lists. Peabody says it is ready to start work as soon as approval is granted. London is currently required to deliver 88,000 homes a year.
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