Leeds City Council has put on hold its plans to demolish six high-rise blocks of flats built in the 1960s due to financial constraints. The council is now exploring all possible options before proceeding with the scheme. The flats, which house 360 residents, have exceeded their original design life. Conservative councillor Barry Anderson has raised concerns about the rehoming process and the lengthy waiting time for residents.
Brooklands and Bailey Towers in Seacroft are among the six block of flats councillors decided to knock down as they "exceeded their original design life"Plans to demolish six high-rise blocks of flats built in the 1960s and rehouse the residents have been put on hold.
But councillors have since called for "all possible options" to be explored before pressing ahead with the scheme. It had said the flats in Bailey Towers, Brookland Towers and Ramshead Heights in Seacroft; Leafield Towers in Moortown, and Raynville Court and Raynville Grange in Armley remained "safe" but "exceeded their original design life"., Conservative councillor Barry Anderson was among a number of other councillors who called the decision in for scrutiny and questioned the authority's plan for rehoming residents.
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