This means existing residents have to move on. Many are angry at how this is being done.
There are currently 1910 homes on the estate for around 5000people. The new plans for the Estate and surrounding Kidbrooke area come under Greenwich Council’s “Kidbrooke Vision”.
Tall high rise blocks of flats will be replaced by low rise accommodation. The population of the area will increase to 12000.
Not all the homes will be for rent. Some will be available to buy privately or through shared ownership for key workers. According to Greenwich council, the new Kidbrooke will be a mixed and balanced community and a more safe and secure environment to live in.
It will also no longer be called the Ferrier Estate. The council says there will be new buildings for Wingfield and Thomas Tallis Schools and improvements to transport bus and cycle routes. They plan to start the first phase of development in 2008. Some residents still living on the estate are however frustrated at how they are being treated by Greenwich Council. | "It feels like a ghost town" | | Mohammed Ajami, Ferrier Resident |
The residents I spoke to feel unsafe and neglected. Where their neighbours have left, vermin and drug dealers have moved in next door.
Children are scared to walk in the badly lit corridors as they are the sole family living in the block. 160 homes were bought by residents under the “Right to Buy” scheme. Some of them now say they have not been offered enough money by the council who want to buy back the properties and therefore cannot afford to move on. Campaigners Nick Russell and Gerry McWilliams are fighting on behalf of disgruntled homeowners and tenants to get their issues dealt with by the council.
Click on the icons on the top right hand side of the page to hear a report on their campaign and see interviews with other residents and shopkeepers on the estate. Also listen to clips from a 鶹Լ London 94.9 FM Drivetime radio phone in with someof the residents talking to presenter Eddie Nestor. If you’ve got something to say about this issue email me at
Ayshea.buksh@bbc.co.uk | 
