Danny Morgan
Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:29 pm

The Battersea Power Station proposal has won the backing of the Campaign for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE).

Architect Rafael Vinoly's designs were praised by CABE, which ensure the grade II* listed power station is the focus of the development.

Director of design review at CABE, Diane Haigh, said: “In many ways this has been a model process. The scheme was brought to us at a very early stage, and both the developer and the architect have been very open to the panel’s comments."

“We have reviewed it six times - which is unusual - but this iterative process has resulted in improvements at each stage and a very strong scheme which CABE is confident will be a success.”

CABE did point out potential issues with overshadowing and to ensure there is acceptable sunlight and daylight penetration.