25 November 2010

Homes, jobs and Tube on power station site


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Homes, jobs and Tube on power station site
Friday, 19 November 2010


PLANS for Battersea Power Station proposing 3,400 new homes have been given planning permission.

Real Estate Opportunities says its scheme for the site, which was approved by Wandsworth council on Thursday evening, will create 15,000 jobs.

The developers have also pledged more than £200million towards a two- station extension of the Northern line from Kennington.

A Tube station is proposed at the power station and another in Wandsworth Road.

The power station plans also feature a new section of Thames Path, five-acre riverside park, river bus stop and cycle paths.

Councillor Nick Cuff, planning committee chairman, said: “This scheme would restore one of London’s most iconic buildings and create thousands of new jobs and homes.
"The two Northern line stations will spur on the regeneration of Nine Elms and bring a huge economic windfall to this part of South London.”

The Grade II listed power station is the biggest brick building in Europe and has been out of use since it was decommissioned in 1983.

The committee was told that works to repair the power station would begin at an early stage of the project and that the building would be structurally secure by the end of 2016.

http://www.southlondonpress.co.uk/news.cfm?id=41120

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