A block of flats could be built at the centre of the estate which residents say would “wreck” it
A South London council has been urged not to “wreck” an estate by building flats on green space at its centre. Furious residents of Toland Square, in Roehampton, staged a protest on July 8 against the proposals from Wandsworth Council.
Local housing and climate campaigners organised the protest and demanded the council “save” the estate’s green space. Martin Hartigan, one of the Toland Square residents who attended the protest, said the estate would become overcrowded if the plans went ahead.
He said: “It’s a good place. When trouble comes it gets dealt with. Rather than seek a genuinely decent and caring solution to the needs of the homeless in our community, the council’s solution is to foist overcrowding onto vulnerable and powerless tenants and residents of housing estates throughout London, including our own at Toland Square.”
This is so true and sad how the council’s solution to the homeless problem in our community is to foist overcrowding onto vulnerable tenants and residents of housing estates throughout London, including Toland Square.