Empty maisonette blocks are set to be demolished

SIX apartment blocks in Rochdale will be demolished after sitting empty for years.

- BY GEORGE LYTHGOE

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) wants to regenerate the Lower Falinge estate and has determined bulldozing the blocks is the only affordable option.

Now plans for demolition of the Lower Falinge estate, named the most deprived area in England for the fifth successive year back in 2013, have been approved.

The maisonette blocks destined for the wrecking ball include Ollerton, Newstead, Romsey, Quinton, Ull-esthorpe, and Vaynor.

Not all the 1970s' style apartment blocks will be levelled as some still have residents living there.

One example is the Zedburgh block, where Andy Roche and his partner are the only ones left.