£1m project to demolish Ferryhill homes is welcomed by residents
Cllr Cllrs Carl Marshall (back) and Peter Atkinson at Dean Bank in Ferryhill A COMMUNITY is set to benefit from a new green space thanks to a £1m project to tear down vacant properties that were a "blight on the area." The project to demolish rows of long-empty former colliery houses in Ferryhill has been welcomed by local residents and local Labour councillor, Peter Atkinson, who had long campaigned for their removal. The terraced houses, in the Dean Bank area of the town, had stood empty for over 15 years and become a magnet for nuisance behaviour and fly-tipping, before housing asso...