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David Spereall

Rotting Leeds estate set to be torn down and demolished

A rundown and virtually empty Leeds housing estate is likely to be demolished, rather than refurbished, the city council has suggested.

Kingsdale Court in Boggart Hill Road, Seacroft, is set to be regenerated in some form, following years of decay, damage and dereliction.

Leeds City Council has now bought 79 of the 88 flats spread across the estate’s eight medium-rise blocks. A report published last week said the local authority could use special powers to force through takeovers of the remaining nine, with negotiations with those owners having stalled.

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