Council awards approval for Battersea Power Station

Wandsworth Council in the UK has approved the planning application for the Battersea Power Station site, owned by Real Estate Opportunities.

The next stage of the process will see the application referred to the Mayor of London and the British Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for their consideration.

Wandsworth Council’s approval of the planning application, the largest ever in Central London, is a major step towards realising the vision for Battersea Power Station.

The plan will create more than 3,400 new homes and 1.7m sq ft of office space alongside 1.5m sq ft of other commercial uses including community, hotels, cultural, leisure, conference centre, shops and restaurants.

At the heart will be the Power Station and the development will also include a new tube station on the proposed extension of the Northern Line from Kennington to Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station.

This will be the first ever privately funded extension to the tube network in Central London.

The scheme has received strong support from a range of stakeholders including the Greater London Authority, English Heritage, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), and most importantly, the local residents and general public.