Sunday, 22 April 2012

Letters: Development will cause disruption to thousands | Society | The Guardian

Letters: Development will cause disruption to thousands | Society | The Guardian

Your Response article on the demolition of two council estates in my constituency and their sale to a property developer is misleading (5 April). The article is written on behalf of a "steering company" claiming to represent estate residents, but does not make clear that the company is funded by the council and developer. The development is an £8bn project and the council will receive £100m for the land following demolition.
The article claims that 100 households (of 761) support the steering company. There are only 81 addresses on the steering groups mailing list and of these 38 have put in objections to the demolition. The support of some 40 households or 5% of residents contrasts with the 80% who are opposed to demolition.

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