Eric Pickles refuses to intervene in Liverpool’s Welsh Streets demolition row
Campaigners hoping to save Liverpool’s Welsh Streets and Ringo Starr’s childhood home have been dealt a massive blow by the Government.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has refused to force Liverpool Council to sell the derelict homes.
Save Britain’s Heritage asked Pickles to use a little-known piece of existing legislation known as a Public Request to Order Disposal (PROD) to force the sale. Pickles has said he will keep the situation under review and ask the council for an update in three months.
The setback for campaigners came ahead of a crunch planning committee meeting on Tuesday to decide the future of the 271 homes, in Toxteth.
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