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A CONTROVERSIAL 1970s estate is still heading for demolition despite a campaign to save it.

Tower Hamlets is sticking to its guns over plans for the Blackwall Reach regeneration scheme, which would mean the end for Robin Hood Gardens.

Cabinet members have re-affirmed their decision to approve a rough framework plan for the scheme, which will see up to 3,000 homes spring up north of Aspen Way.

The development just to the east of Canary Wharf would involve the destruction of the ‘brutalist’ estate, a move which has pitched architects and locals into heated debate.

BUILDING Design magazine has launched a petition to save Robin Hood Gardens from the bulldozers.

The 1970s brutalist housing estate near Canary Wharf is threatened with demolition as part of the proposed Blackwall Reach regeneration scheme, which would incorporate shops, businesses and 3,000 new homes north of Aspen Way.

But architectural magazine Building Design is spearheading a campaign to save Alison and Peter Smithson’s controversial creation.