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<\/p>\nA High Court judge has turned down one resident’s request to conduct a judicial review of the decision to approve 1,950 new homes on Thamesmead’s Lesnes estate<\/p>\n
A High Court judge has refused Lesnes resident Adam Turk’s judicial review request<\/p>\n
A last ditch attempt to stop the demolition of an iconic South East London estate is likely to fail, according to the resident who launched it.<\/p>\n
Adam Turk, who lives on the Lesnes Estate in Thamesmead<\/a>, said it would take \u201ca miracle\u201d to overturn plans to demolish the 1960s estate and replace it with up to 1,950 new homes.<\/p>\n Mr Turk lodged a claim earlier this year for a judicial review of Bexley Council\u2019s<\/a> decision to approve housing association Peabody\u2019s plans to knock down his home and build a new, larger residential development. However, a High Court judge turned down this request earlier this month.<\/p>\n The judicial review claim hinged on the environmental impact the estate demolition will have, and how the planning documents accompanying the plans supposedly downplayed the harmful effects of the demolition’s greenhouse gas emissions.<\/a><\/p>\n Mr Turk said it would take “a miracle” to stop his home from being knocked down<\/p>\n Mr Turk\u2019s lawyers from the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) have triggered a mechanism that will allow them to articulate their argument in a one-hour hearing later this month, but he admitted this would likely not impact the judge\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cIt doesn\u2019t look good. A lot of the laws are all against us.<\/p>\n “A miracle can happen, but I\u2019ve been going through this for three years now and I\u2019ve been looking at all the planning laws and different cases, and it just seems that they\u2019ve got all the laws sewn up.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Turk said he was disappointed that the judge refused his claim and described estate regeneration projects such as the one in Thamesmead as \u201ca slow death of council housing as everything\u2019s getting replaced with this luxury property\u201d.<\/p>\n Lesnes Estate, a brutalist housing project built in the 1960s, is notable for featuring in the 1971 film A Clockwork Orange . It is thought there are only around 30 households left living there as many have left the dilapidated estate ahead of its planned demolition.<\/a><\/p>\n It is thought only around 30 households are still living on the Thamesmead estate<\/p>\n Peabody has offered current Lesnes residents financial support to move elsewhere.<\/p>\n A Peabody spokesperson said: \u201cResident homeowners have the chance either to buy a 1960s home like theirs on the neighbouring estate, a new home in the brand-new development, or another home in Thamesmead \u2013 or elsewhere \u2013 if that\u2019s what they choose.”<\/p>\n Peabody is offering Lesnes residents the market value of their home plus 10 per cent as compensation. The developer is also willing to bridge potential price gaps between current and new homes by contributing up to half of the equity.<\/p>\n The housing association is also confident their plans for Thamesmead will benefit the area as the 596 Lesnes homes demolished will make way for 1,950 new ones, a near 230 per cent increase in available housing.<\/p>\n Got a story? email<\/strong> cameron.blackshaw@reachplc.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n![\"Adam](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783961839_716_0_Adam-Turk.jpg\")
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