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Phase 4 Kender Triangle, SE14c. Access & Servicingd. Refusee. Gardens and Play space(6) Sustainability and Energy(7) Ecology and Landscaping(8) Planning ObligationsPrinciple of Development6.2 The application site now comprises cleared land which has resulted from thedemolition of the previous 144 dwellings which were part of the wider Kenderhousing estate. The site was cleared for the purpose of providing a betterstandard of homes, whilst optimising the density potential of the site andcontributing to the regeneration of the area generally.6.3 Policy 2.13 Opportunity and Intensification Areas in the London Plan refers toLewisham, Catford and New Cross as being such areas. The annexe to thispolicy states that the principles in Policy 2.13 should be applied to specificOpportunity and Intensification Areas including indicative estimates ofemployment capacity and minimum guidelines for new homes to 2031. Theannexe goes further to specifically mention the Kender Triangle and confirms thatsuch areas ‘contain a series of centres with scope for intensification, regenerationand renewal….Projects such as the Kender Triangle gyratory removal andLewisham Gateway will provide development opportunities, improve the publicrealm and raise design quality in the area.6.4 Lewisham’s Core Strategy confirms that the Kender Estate is within aRegeneration and Growth Area. Core Strategy Spatial Policy 2 states that ‘thisstrategy area will capitalise on public transport accessibility and the availability ofdeliverable and developable land, particularly through intensification of land uses.In the supporting text to this policy, Kender is again specifically referred to byconfirming that ‘Estate renewal will continue for the Kender and Pepys estates’.6.5 Table 9.2 in the Core Strategy shows the housing predictions for Lewisham up to2026. The supporting text to the table at paragraph 9.29 confirms that theregeneration of the Kender Estate has been included in the housing aspirations ofthe policy.6.6 Lewisham’s Housing Implementation Strategy (2011) refers to the currentapplication and its ability to contribute approximately 200 new homes to theCouncil’s housing requirements and that the risk of the homes not being deliveredis low.6.7 Regional and local plan policies all concur that the application site should bedeveloped for residential purposes to help the regeneration of the immediate area.The Implementation strategy goes further to propose that the application site(Phase 4) provides approximately 200 new homes. Given that the application isfor the redevelopment of the site for 204 residential new homes, the principle ofthe housing on the application site is acceptable in planning terms.6.8 In order to address the needs of the increased population proposed for the site,which includes an increase in family sized units, officers consider it necessary to