Planning row erupts after council forces 15 families to move out of their homes only to scrap plans to convert houses

A row erupted after a council forced familes to move out of their homes to make way for a road extension only to see the scheme scrapped.National Highways purchased 15 large detached properties on Queensway in the Markeaton area of Derby, spending upwards of £6million of public money, as part of the long-planned A38 expansion scheme.The houses, ranging from four to six bedrooms, have sat vacant and boarded up for a decade, their gardens left to grow wild behind metal fencing. The street has attracted vandals and so-called "urban explorers" who have nicknamed it "ghost street," with hundreds of thousands of pounds additionally spent on security. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Earlier this month, the Government indicated the project...

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