Parents, toddlers and housing protesters have occupied a north Londoncommunity nursery closed to make way for new homes in the latest example of grassroots opposition to council estate redevelopment.
The nursery – which was shut at the end of March, leaving 15 pre-school children with nowhere to go – has become the focal point for protests against Barnet council’s plans to demolish 400 council homes on the Dollis Valley estate, sell off the land for £11m and build a mix of private and social housing.
It is the latest in a series of protests against regeneration of council estates across London. The availability of affordable housing for those on low incomes has been a significant issue in the runup to the general election, especially in the capital, and several housing estate homes have been occupied by protesters.
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