PATHFINDER LEFT ON THE EDGE

摘要

John Prescott's massive Pathfinder programme, the series of projects planned to 'sort out' the over-supply of housing in the North through widespread demolition, is beginning to cause big trouble for Two Jags' huge department. Causing the most problems is a project in Liverpool's Kensington, where the local council and a housing quango plan to knock down 360 Victorian and Edwardian homes (ajplus 15.11.05). The Edge Lane scheme, which is currently waiting on the outcome of a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) inquiry looking into the grievances of a host of residents, has garnered opposition that not even world-weary local planners could have predicted.