London estate resident goes to high court over demolition plans

Exclusive: Aysen Dennis says plans to bulldoze Aylesbury estate are unlawful and amount to ‘social cleansing’

A woman who has lived on the same council estate for 30 years has taken developers and her local authority to the high court over plans to demolish her home.

Aysen Dennis, 64, is fighting to keep her two-bedroom council flat on a south London estate and says plans for redevelopment amount to “social cleansing”.