ANGRY residents have called for a fresh public consultation into the £100m regeneration of a Southampton estate.

Community groups in Townhill Park have urged the city’s housing chiefs to carry out the process again, after claiming the original consultation was flawed.

Southampton City Council’s housing boss, Cllr Warwick Payne, will decide next week whether or not to press ahead with the ambitious revamp.

It comes after chairman of the council’s scrutiny committee, Cllr Jeremy Moulton, called in the decision to give the huge project the go-ahead.

Cllr Moulton voiced concerns about how the consultation was carried out, after the Daily Echo revealed how council tenants had not been properly informed about proposed rent hikes for the new builds.

Residents claimed they were not told that some rents would more than double, if they returned to live in one of the new homes earmarked for Townhill Park.

The ambitious blueprint is set to see 428 homes demolished in Meggeson Avenue and the surrounding streets, to be replaced by 675 new flats and houses.

The Labour administration is set to run 450 of those.

Cllr Payne will announce the future of the scheme at the Civic Centre on Monday, when he could order a new consultation.

And Geoff Davis, from the Townhill Park Community Association, said he “would like to see that happen”.

He added: “You need total transparency if you are going to do something this big.

“Every meeting I went to, there was never a mention that rents would double. That’s not being transparent and honest with people.

“Carrying out the consultation again would delay the plans, but it would be worth it for people to know exactly what is happening and exactly what rent they will be paying if they wish to return to Townhill Park.

“People need to know the truth before the regeneration goes ahead, whether it’s good or bad.”