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The Oliver Close Estate was built in two stages. The first stage, approved in 1963, consisted of three 22-storey towers (containing 300 flats) called Arthur Punshion, Clifford Hicks and James Collins Towers. The second stage, at Oliver Close and Auckland Road, was approved in 1967 and consisted of two 22-storey towers (containing 200 flats) called Terence Messenger and Stanley Horstead Towers This concluded the estate with five 22-storey towers and 500 flats.
Oliver Close then underwent regeneration between 1996 to 2002 under HAT and then later Community-based Housing Association. This consisted of several phases in which Clifford Hicks, James Collins, Arthur Punshion, Stanley Horstead and Terence Messenger were all demolished and resurrection of 330 homes.