'Most of our children live in flats': London park boarded up by developers

Peabody yet to restore park after finishing construction work in 2020, leaving children with no green spaceFamilies in south London are demanding that an award-winning developer reopens a park that was boarded up in 2018 for the construction of new homes.Hatcham Gardens sits in a densely built part of Lewisham next to a school and surrounded by flats. Peabody was given permission by Lewisham council to close the park temporarily for use during construction.This article was corrected on 29 June 2023. The original piece said that the park was boarded up in 2016; in fact it was boarded up in 2018. Continue reading...