Tenants living in Ponders End tower blocks have hit out at Enfield Council for a providing a “lack of information” surrounding development plans.

The council would like to demolish the four tower blocks forming the Alma Estate as part of a £100million development project, likely to last ten years.

If the project is approved in the cabinet meeting on July 18, the council will start to rehouse tenants living in the 717 properties in August this year.

Nigel Hassan, who lives in Alma Estate and is vice chairman of the residents' association, said: “As for the estate going down we are happy in one respect but we are being told so many different stories.

“Unfortunately, there has been a lack of information. What do we do? We have got to the stage where there is a communication breakdown between us and the council.”

He said a lot of the tenants are not opposing the development of the area, but they remain unsure how the building work will affect them in the long-term.

However, Enfield Council has carried out three months of consultation with people living in the properties and is set to continue working with people affected by the proposals.

Despite this, Mr Hassan remains unsure whether his home will be replaced with a “like for like” property after the development, or whether he will be left with a smaller flat in a different area.

Enfield Council's cabinet member for housing, Councillor Ahmet Oykener, believes the council has consulted with people and are representing their views with the development.

He said: “We do mean business - we want to help, but without working with the local people, any project is not going to come to reality.

"There have been some concerns from a lot of people who wanted to understand that this is real, that we are not just talking about it.

“It has taken us some while to come back to them about the reality of the project, but they now believe in the scheme because we have been consulting them.”

He added: “This is a flagship regeneration scheme against all the odds, but we are being brave and we have been working very hard to make this happen.

“It needs uplifting, it needs some help, and that is why we are concentrating on the area.”

Current development plans include building 1,000 new homes, shops and open spaces over the next ten years.

At this stage, the council plans for 60 per cent of these homes to be privately owned, and 40 per cent to be affordable properties.

To meet demand for family accommodation in the area, the council are also keen to allocate 50 per cent of the houses to three to four bedroom properties – which stands at almost double the current total in the area of 24 per cent.

The consultation process found 78 per cent of people were in favour of redeveloping the estate.