The demolition of six housing blocks in Rochdale has been stalled following a successful legal challenge.

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) wants to regenerate the Lower Falinge estate and has determined bulldozing the blocks is the only affordable option. The estate was named the most deprived area in England for the fifth successive year back in 2013.

The maisonette blocks earmarked for the wrecking ball include Ollerton, Newstead, Romsey, Quinton, Ullesthorpe, and Vaynor – containing 126 homes in total.

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The vacant blocks have slowly been emptied since 2017. But not all the 1970’s style apartment blocks in the estate will be levelled, as some still have resi

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