According to a new building, the local authority is intending to pay £5.8m to demolish 277 properties with the “bubbly” concrete, reports The Herald. 

This would enable phase two of the site-clearing works to start ahead of Balnagask being fully redeveloped.

Properties on Balnagask Road, Burnbank Place, Burnbank Terrace, Downies Brae, Farquhar Road, Farquhar Brae, Girdleness Road, Lochnagar Road, Pentland Crescent, Pentland Road, Rockall Place and North Balnagask Road are included. 

The warrant arrives as a letter was sent to the remaining 12 homeowners, requesting that they take action and as one resident spent £18,000 for the replacement of his RAAC roof.

Originally, councillors gave the go-ahead for plans to flatten the RAAC-affected homes during August 2024.

It was found that this was the safest way forward as structural surveys identified “high risk factors” that could have prompted the crumbling material to fall. 

Over 100 properties had faced inspections and were found to contain cracks along ceiling slabs, alongside signs of sagging or bending.

It was also found that the slabs contained holes, heightening the danger of water getting in and weakening them even more. 

Plans which laid out the demolition activity were initially unveiled four months afterwards, with a total of 372 buildings anticipated to be razed by 2028.

It was also revealed that following the site being flattened, work would commence to deliver social housing in place of the hen houses.

It is anticipated that the whole project will cost the local authority over £130m.