A group of pensioners are six days into a sit-in protest in South-East London in an attempt to stop the demolition of their homes for a new housing development. Residents on the Lesnes Estate in Thamesmead have occupied an empty property since April 6 to demonstrate against Bexley Council’s awarding of planning permission for the Peabody housing association to demolish 816 properties and replace them with 2,778 new homes. Despite claims by a Peabody spokesperson that regeneration of the area would be “the best option”, residents have slammed the proposed developments, with some insisting that …