Battersea Power Station is probably the most famous decommissioned power station in the world. Its upturned table design has featured in films and on LP covers, making it a real focal point of the landscape south of the River Thames. Just try and read anything on the subject of Battersea Power Station (including this here blog post) that doesn’t use the adjective “iconic”.

The BSP has sat unused now for nearly 30 years. For some reason I always thought it was going to get turned into a museum or art gallery, but it now looks like it’s going to become part of a new development which has been approved by the local authority, Wandsworth Council.

Since it’s a listed building, the power station thankfully can’t be demolished, and so has now been earmarked for this new multibillion pound redevelopment. The plans are pretty expansive, with talk of over 3,000 homes (presumably flats) being made there, with thousands of jobs created, and even its own tube station.

While there’s bound to be some opposition to the scheme, it can only be a good thing that such a potentially vibrant new community is now likely to thrive where once there was just a tourist photo opportunity.

More on the story at This Is Local London.