First - time buyers of reduced - price homes at London 's Battersea Power Station have been let down by the site 's developer , which has cut the number of affordable homes it can make available , according to the Evening Standard newspaper . A spokeswoman for Battersea Power Station says “technical issues” around renovating the Grade II The London Power Station Development Company had originally said that 636 of the site 's 4,239 homes would be made affordable for first - time buyers or renters . However , it has now said it will provide 386 affordable homes because the original cost may lead the site to become financially unviable .
First - time buyers of reduced - price homes at London 's Battersea Power Station have been let down by the site 's developer , which has cut the number of affordable homes it can make available , according to the Evening Standard newspaper . The London Power Station Development Company had originally said that 636 of the site 's 4,239 homes would be made affordable for first - time buyers or renters . However , it has now said it will provide 386 affordable homes because the original cost may lead the site to become financially unviable .