Tenants living in flats earmarked for demolition will not be given a vote on whether they should be knocked down.

Haringey Council has ruled out giving residents of the Tangmere and Northolt blocks on Tottenham’s Broadwater Farm estate a ballot with an option to strengthen the buildings instead of demolishing them.

The two blocks were earmarked for demolition in June after they failed structural safety checks carried out in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017.

The council decided the best solution to the safety issues was to demolish the buildings and replace them with “high-quality, new council homes”.

A consultation found 81 per cent of people living in the Northolt block and 91 per cent of Tangmere residents backed the council’s plans.

But at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday (November 13), Jacob Secker, secretary of Broadwater Farm Residents’ Association, demanded a vote on the demolition.

He said: “Without a ballot, we have no guarantee that the council’s promises will be kept.

“It clearly states in the Greater London Authority (GLA) rules that if there is a reasonable alternative to demolition, you have to have a ballot.

“They could be strengthened – therefore you have a reasonable alternative.”

Mr Secker said the only reason the council did not want to hold a ballot was because it did not want to stick to its promises.

He also criticised the wording of a council report, claiming it did not reflect the council’s previous commitment to replace the demolished homes with an equal number of council homes at council rents.

He said: “The commitment seems to have been dropped. We want it to go back in.

“If it does not go back in, then clearly any consultation was null and void.”

Cllr Emine Ibrahim, cabinet member for housing and estate renewal, insisted the council had ruled out a ballot due to safety reasons.

She said: “Ultimately, we have a duty to tenants and households to make sure that when we make these decisions, they are at the forefront of our minds.

“The mitigations we have currently got in place are not a long-term solution.”

Cllr Ibrahim said the council had had to act quickly to move people out of their homes because the gas supply for Tangmere – which was found to be vulnerable to a piped gas explosion – had to be switched off.

The council has previously stated that the urgent safety issues mean following GLA guidance, which relates to long-term estate regeneration, would not be appropriate.

Instead, it held a consultation on the proposed demolitions under section 105 of the Housing Act 1985.

Strengthening the blocks would come at a cost of £25 million – less than the cost of demolishing and rebuilding them.

But the council says replacing the 1970s structures would provide modern, high-quality homes with lower maintenance costs.

At the cabinet meeting, Cllr Ibrahim restated her pledge that all homes demolished on the estate would be replaced with council homes at council rents and agreed to amend the report to make sure the commitment was clear.

Cabinet members agreed that the demolitions of the two unsafe blocks should proceed.