In January 2007, the local council confirmed that it intended to demolish 281 interwar properties in Goscote Lodge Crescent, Hildicks Crescent and Middle Crescent and Hildicks Place. By this stage, several houses on the estate had already been demolished due to attacks by vandals and arsonists while they were empty. 103 of the 281 condemned houses were already empty.
In January 2007, the local council planned to demolish 281 interwar properties in Goscote Lodge Crescent, Hildicks Crescent, Middle Crescent, and Hildicks Place. By this point, some homes on the estate had been demolished by vandals and arsonists when they were unoccupied. Ten percent of the condemned houses were already vacant.