The driving force behind the Old Kent Road regeneration is the need to build new housing for people of all incomes. 

In total, 20,000 new homes will be built throughout the Old Kent Road area, 35% of which (7,000) will be affordable homes including 5,000 at social rent.

We want to make the most of the available space and we'll ensure that the new homes come in different sizes to meet the needs of young people, families and the elderly.

The regeneration will double the number of jobs in the area from 10,000 to 20,000. The range of jobs on offer will also increase.

We want to provide different types of employment space - from laptops to forklifts - including light industrial, maker spaces, warehousing and distribution, offices and retail, leisure and entertainment.

We want to support existing businesses but also create new employment spaces, in a range of sizes, that will help the local economy to grow.

Many of these new workspaces will be combined with housing in innovative new buildings.

We'll reduce air pollution to improve the health and wellbeing of the local community.

We'll build a new health hub to promote healthy and active lifestyles. The health hub will provide space for the GPs and other primary healthcare services needed by a growing population.

New streets and parks will make it easier to walk and cycle and new residential developments will be built without car parking spaces. New commercial developments will need to commit to the use of electric vehicles.

We'll encourage TfL to operate a low emission bus fleet in the area and new schools will be located away from main roads.

We want to preserve and promote local heritage and culture to develop Old Kent Road's identity as a cultural destination.

We want to attract new creative enterprises; a university and a major cultural attraction.

We'll integrate the historic character of Old Kent Road into new developments which celebrate the area's industrial past and present.

We'll protect and enhance both listed and non-listed heritage assets, buildings and townscapes and find new uses for old buildings.

We'll open a new secondary school and two new primary schools to provide high quality learning, play, sports and arts facilities, as well as expanding existing primary schools to provide more local places.

We'll also create a network of arts and cultural spaces to encourage lifelong learning and try to bring a new university to the area.

We're looking at plans to co-locate nurseries and older people’s accommodation to promote intergenerational learning and health. We'll also build a new community health hub and promote active lifestyles.

We will create a new town centre for Old Kent Road with a variety of retailers and facilities, including independent shops and large high street stores.

The town centre will also include new leisure, entertainment and recreation facilities, designed for people of all ages to get out and have fun, day and night.

The Bakerloo line extension is fundamental to our regeneration plans.

Extending the tube line and delivering three new stations along Old Kent Road will speed up the delivery of new homes and jobs, as well as making it much easier to get around.

In conjunction with car-free developments and other transport improvements, the Bakerloo line extension will also help to reduce air pollution.

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We will create three new parks – one on Mandela Way, one at the Old Gasworks and one that traces the path of the old Surrey Canal.

We will also create new green links and spaces between these parks, to make it easier, healthier and more pleasant for people to travel through Old Kent Road.

The new parks will add eight hectares of new green space to the area - that's the equivalent of more than 11 football pitches.

Our plans for a greener neighbourhood have been highlighted by the Ramblers as an example of good practice.