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Article: Power to the people; Mayor Ken Livingstone is locked in a battle with Wandsworth council over Battersea Power Station's [pounds sterling]1.1 billion 'luxury-homes-only' development rule.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 21, 2005
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Byline: JANE BARRY
A ROW is deepening over the luxury homes-only policy at one of the biggest housing developments to be built in London for a decade.
The 35-acre, [pounds sterling]1.1 billion scheme to transform Battersea Power Station contains not one unit of affordable housing, despite Mayor Ken Livingstone setting a target of 50 per cent affordable housing for every development and the Government backing cheap homes The reason? Developer Parkview's outline planning permission dates back to 1997, before London had a mayor or the Government faced up to the capital's housing crisis. So neither the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister nor the mayor have ...