Dozens of council housing estates in London slated for demolition and redevelopment.
The BBC is reporting that more than 31,000 residents will be affected if plans go ahead to regenerate some 118 sites across the capital. While those moves are being seen as encroaching upon social housing and another example of gentrification, the full or partial demolition of more than 100 council estates will surely be welcomed by the UK demolition industry.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has told councils they must now ballot residents on regeneration plans to secure City Hall funding.
Of the estates to be regenerated, more than 80 will be fully or partially demolished, according to council responses to a BBC freedom of information request.
One of the sites set to see the biggest loss of homes is the Heygate estate in Southwark.
More than 1,200 council properties were torn down between 2011 and 2014 and replaced by a luxury development called Elephant Park.
In Westminster, the city council plans to flatten 300 homes at the Ebury Bridge estate in Pimlico to make way for 750 new properties, the majority of which will be sold on the private market.
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