There was an interesting bit in Private Eye about the redevelopment a few months ago.<p>Apparently a common pattern for listed buildings on valuable land is for the owners to hire developers who get planning permission to take down the listed parts, restore them, then put them up again. Then after taking down the listed parts the developer "unexpectedly" goes bankrupt, leaving the owners with valuable land no longer encumbered by a listed building.<p>But in the case of Battersea Power Station, when developers applied to take down all four towers at the same time, planners only granted permission for them do to one tower at a time, preventing such an "accident" from happening. Private Eye considered this a rare and impressive show of wisdom on planners' part.