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Wandsworth Council prepares and presents planning brief for new proposals to restore Battersea Power Station A and B
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CEGB (owners of the Battersea Power Station site) launches its design competition
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Exhibition of design Competition Entrees
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Competition WInner announced: Alton Towers Ltd
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Battersea Power Station Community Group meeting
Battersea Power Station Community Group holds a meeting with Cooper. He says:
1. New drawings would be made available by Feb. 11. 2. Global entrance changed; lower entry fees and charging for each ride.
3. Still maximum of 20 weeks (June) before planning permission.
4. Changes in consortium. Mr Broome in charge. Roche gone, as well as James Lang Wooten and architects Legge.
5. £40-50 million will be needed after application approved.
6. Rail-link a real possibility. -
Planning permission
At Technical Services Committee Meeting: Planning Permission granted with conditions. Costs now estimated at £60 million. -
Wandsworth Council permission
Wandsworth Council grants Section 52 permission to John Broome. Includes 30 clauses amongst which is a proposal for a £3-4 million rail link with Victoria: to be called Bullet. 2730 car parking spaces and 10000 sq ft for a community centre. -
John Broome's redevelopment scheme
The redevelopment scheme proposed by John Broome receives planning approval for the indoor theme park, based around Britain’s Industrial History. The scheme would cost £35 million and would require 2 million visitors a year to make any profit. Wandsworth Council grants Section 52 permission to John Broome. Includes 30 clauses amongst which is a proposal for a £3-4 million rail link with Victoria: to be called Bullet. 2730 car parking spaces and 10000 sq ft for a community centre. -
John Broome Issues
Broome reported to be having trouble finding money for his scheme; now said to be costing over £90 million. At the same time BPSCG's plans received approval from both Lambeth's Planning Committee and Wandsworth's Technical Services Committee. -
Battersea Leisure buys site for £1.5 million from CEGB
The Bank of Toronto Dominion pulls out backing Broome's £135m plan. Parts of Listed Building demolished without permission. -
Battersea Leisure deal
Battersea Leisure signs deal with Security Pacific Bank for
£200 million funding. Development to start in new year. Asbestos removal and turbine halls cleared. Demolition of west wall! -
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Work at Power Station come to a halt. More money needs to be raised and no more building work.
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Roof and west wall are removed
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Bloomfield Proposal
Paul Bloomfield presents plans for £150m conference centre on site with 2,000,000 sq ft of offices. Broome displeased with bid. -
Deadline for rebuilding West wall is passed
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Wandsworth Council
Wandsworth Council decides not to start a legal action against Broome for failing to meet the costs of processing the planning procedures.Sam Morris and his CIL group responsible for Islington's new Business Design Centre appears on the scene with an application for an exhibition and trade centre. Max Hutchinson, architect and president of RIBA is involved with the project. -
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No further work was carried out on Battersea Power Station site
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The proposal for Battersea Power Station is changed from an indoor theme park to a mixture of offices, shops and a hotel.
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New Proposal
The new proposal is granted planning permission despite opposition from 14 independent organizations including English Heritage. -
Parkview International
The site and its outstanding debt of £70 million are bought from the Bank of America by Hong Kong based development company, Parkview International, for £10 million. -
Acquired freehold tItle
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Plans for the redevelopment of the site are submitted.
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Outline consent is received
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Detail Consent for much of the site is granted
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Parkview International Possesion and New Proposal
Parkview International Company receives full possession of the site. Having purchased the site, Parkview start work on a £1.1 billion project to restore the building and to redevelop the site into a retail, housing and leisure complex.
Parkview's project plan, called simply "The Power Station", is masterminded by architect Nicholas Grimshaw. The scheme proposes a shopping mall, with 40 to 50 restaurants, cafes and bars, 180 shops, as well as nightclubs, comedy venues and a cinema. -
Community campaign against the new proposal
The Battersea Power Station Community Group campaign against the Parkview plan and argue for an alternative community-based scheme to be drawn up. The group describes the plans as "a deeply unattractive project that has no affordable housing anywhere on the 38-acre site, no decent jobs for local people and no credible public transport strategy". They also criticise how appropriate the project was in its location, and proposal of other large buildings on the site. -
The chimney controversy
Parkview, English Heritage and the London Borough of Wandsworth claim that the reinforcement inside the chimneys is corroded and irreparable. Wandsworth Council grants permission for them to be demolished and rebuilt. However, the Twentieth Century Society, the World Monuments Fund and the Battersea Power Station Company Ltd commission an alternative engineers' report that claims that the existing chimneys can be repaired. -
REO possession
It is announced that Real Estate Opportunities, led by Irish businessmen Richard Barrett and Johnny Ronan of Treasury Holdings, have purchased Battersea Power Station and the surrounding land for £400 million.
