A woman who has lived on the same south London council estate for 30 years has taken developers and her local authority to the High Court over plans to demolish her home.
Aysen Dennis is fighting to keep her two-bedroom council flat on the Aylesbury Estate, SE17, and said plans for redevelopment amount to “social cleansing”.
Southwark Council and Notting Hill Genesis are both named in the claim, which was filed in London’s High Court on Tuesday morning.
The claim argues that the council was unlawful in granting an application to tweak the wording of the original planning permission to regenerate the estate. The change makes it easier to wave through new projects that differ from the original masterplan.
Notting Hill Genesis said it was “very proud” of the next phase of the redevelopment, which includes a 25-storey tower.
