Battersea Power Station bidder plans car park According to plans seen by The Daily Telegraph, a consortium led by veteran property developer Godfrey Bradman wants to turn the inside of the power station into a 2,000-space car park that will support 5m sq ft of residential development on the surrounding land. The plans are likely to be hugely controversial with Wandsworth Council, English Heritage and the Mayor of London. The authorities want the power station to be a vibrant new commercial district, but Mr Bradman is proposing to increase the number of residential units on the site to almost 6,000, compared with 3,500 on previously agreed plans. He intends to forward-sell the upmarket units at £800 a sq ft to part-finance the development. The power station is in administration with Ernst & Young, which received final bids for the site last Wednesday. The shortlist is thought to include Mr Bradman's consortium DCVV, Chelsea Football Club, and SP Setia. However, Mr Bradman, who is being backed a wealthy South African family, has been able to secure an advantage. He has agreed a deal with junior creditor Victor Hwang to buy £180m of debt against the site in return for Mr Hwang taking a minority stake in the vehicle seeking to acquire the site. Mr Bradman declined to comment.