Battersea plant set for redevelopment

The redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, one of the best-known sights on the London skyline, will begin later this year, its new owners have said.

The art deco 1930s power station and its concrete chimneys are to be regenerated to form the centre of an £8bn (€9.9bn) redevelopment of the 39-acre site on the south bank of the River Thames.

Preparatory work for the plan to build 3,500 homes, 1.7m sq ft of office space, shops, and a park, will begin later this year, with ground broken in thesecond half of next year, the Malaysian consortium behind the plans said.