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Harriet Grant

UNCOVERED: Most of our children live in flats london park boarded up by developers - The Untold Story

Peabody London Lewisham

Two children stand outside Hatcham Gardens, a boarded-up playground in Lewisham, south London. — Hatcham Gardens was closed by Peabody in 2018 for the construction of new homes. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Families 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.

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