Battersea Residents Pump Up Treasury Attack

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A residents association that has campaigned for the protection of Battersea Power Station since 1983 is gearing up for a fight with the station's new owner, Treasury Holdings.The Battersea Power Station Community Group has said it will fight plans by the Irish group to demolish a pumping station as part of its plans to carry out a ￡4bn redevelopment of the 38 acre site.In Treasury's Rafael Vinoly-designed scheme, a residential tower will be built on the site of the pumping station. Parkview was granted listed buildingconsent to demolish the pumping station in 1997 but this has since expired.A Treasury spokesman said: 'The masterplan for Battersea Power Station, published in June, built on the existing planning consent, which includes permission for removal of the pumping station. Nothing has changed since then.'