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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Rebuild or retrofit? Row breaks out over plans for Camden estate

View from Warden Road as proposed for a story about a plan to retrofit a 1960s estate in Kentish Town rather than demolish it saving loads of carbon.
How the retrofitted West Kentish Town estate might look from Warden Road, Camden. Photograph: AAB Architects

A conflict between saving carbon and building better homes has broken out on a groundbreaking 1960s council estate in London.

The London borough of Camden is planning to raze and replace the West Kentish Town estate, which was built almost 60 years ago. It says the homes are too small, the concrete panel buildings are dilapidated and most residents want new homes.

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