A residential area in which the houses have all been planned and built at the same time.
 a growing number of new housing estates
 Example sentencesExamples
-  He is now thought to live on a council housing estate in London.
 -  Residents fear traffic chaos if plans for a housing estate on the site of a demolished mill go ahead.
 -  Residents of a housing estate have welcomed plans for three major developments.
 -  It could include the creation of a new housing estate or shopping centre in the area.
 -  People can also borrow money to buy a house from a housing estate that is part of the bank's project.
 -  Officials promised residents of a housing estate next to the centre a good level of security at a public meeting before it opened.
 -  Families are at war over a short-cut walkway on a new housing estate.
 -  A murder inquiry was under way today after a teenager was stabbed to death on a Southampton housing estate.
 -  This is the scene on a York housing estate where burnt-out and abandoned cars are making life a misery for residents.
 -  The operation saw 66 drug dealers and addicts banned from a housing estate in the area.