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Glitzy faceless architecture, more attune to luxury developments, and with not a smidgeon of social housing for the plebs. This huge site is yet another investment for the East Asian market, and little of London character relating to the Power Station. This should not be allowed to pass at planning unless it included 50% of social housing housing (not 'affordable' housing which is distinctly unaffordable for most Londoners). It is time that the planners and politicians, and the architects reversed the appalling trend to make London a city for the rich and mega rich, by insisting on at least half of each development being geared to cheap rental social housing. Battersea is a traditional working class area that is fast being socially cleansed. If this Coalition does not heed to this catastrophe, Labour and the Greens should make this a key element of their manifestos, including mass building of social housing and units for moderately priced rental or purchase.