A TORY leader is demanding answers over a flagship £100m regeneration scheme  set to breathe new life into one of the city’s largest housing estates. 

Cllr Dan Fitzhenry has urged city bosses to publish a  detailed plan for the Townhill Park regeneration project.

It comes as earlier this year in an official document Southampton City Council said 665 new homes will be built at the site over the next eight years.

As reported, at the start of this month residents called for action and asked civic chiefs not to turn the plans into a “political football”.

In a discussion with councillor Fitzhenry, cabinet member for culture and homes councillor Stavir Kaur said she will “respond in detail” at the next residents meeting set to be held “later this year”.

But councillor Fitzhenry said  if the council is still committed to build 665 homes at Townhill Park over the next eight years a detailed plan should be released immediately.

He said: “This is unfair and misleading. If that is the policy they should release it immediately.  I am just fed up with this so are the residents more importantly than me. Either the cabinet member does not know what her objectives are or the cabinet member is trying to hide something and we all deserve clarity. ”

Cllr Kaur  urged councillor Fitzhenry to work “constructively” with her.

She added: “As Cllr Fitzhenry well knows, many large development schemes have intended end dates with details of how that is broken down still being worked up. This is no more than cheap political point scoring, which is at best unhelpful and at worse reckless. Since becoming the cabinet member last year I never lied or misled local residents. I said we would share detailed plans with local residents at their next meeting, which is already planned. It is disappointing that local Conservatives are determined to turn this into a political football, which hinders rather than helps progress.”

As previously reported, block of flats in Townhill Park are being demolished to make way for new homes and a new public green space.

The project unveiled in 2012 was delayed due to the “complexity” of the site and the first 56 homes were completed in July this year.