Residents have welcomed the progress of a £90 million regeneration of a "defunct" Harrow housing estate - but remain wary of challenges ahead.

Harrow Council is planning to demolish the existing 282 homes in the Grange Farm Estate and replace them with around 568 new houses and flats.

The regeneration project, part of the authority's 'homes for Harrow' programme, has been largely supported by the estate's residents who are happy to upgrade their ageing apartments and bungalows on the border of South Harrow and Harrow-on-the-Hill.

But as project architects Hawkins Brown look to finalise the design of the new homes those wishing to stay living in the estate are keen for their views to be taken into account.

A residents steering group, which has been working with the council and the architects for the past 18 months, is now holding an open meeting for residents to have their say on how the new flats should be laid out before the project goes before the planning committee next month.

Raj Kumar, of One Enterprise, an independent consultant working with the steering group, said residents concerns include the higher density of the planned estate and that there requests will be ignored.

He said: "Grange Farm is an old council estate. It's defunct, the homes are drafty, cold and noisy.

"Everyone on the steering group agrees the homes aren't fit as they are and need to be replaced. I've not encountered a single resident who doesn't think the homes should be demolished. This should be a really good development."

If approved, the first phases of demolition should start in December.

The meeting, which is being held on Saturday, April 14, at the British Legion in Northolt Road from 2pm, is a chance for residents to tell the steering group what they want.

The group is particularly keen for young people to say what's needed in the play areas, green spaces and what community art they would like to see in the plans for the new-look estate.

Mr Kumar said: "Some residents have strong views on what they want, if it transpires these are not in the final design they will not be happy.

"The meeting on Saturday will hopefully reveal a lot of what residents want and give the steering group a better idea of what to ask for."