Boris Johnson has published a planning framework for Nine Elms in London which could provide up to 16,000 homes, 25,000 jobs and transport links over the next two decades

The London mayor said the 200ha zone that stretches between Vauxhall and Battersea Power Station on the south bank of the Thames was “the final piece in the jigsaw that completes the central area of London”.

The planning proposal conceded that relocation of the US embassy to the area and the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station and New Covent Garden Market were key to a successful regeneration of Nine Elms.

The mayor said section 106 contributions for the area would go towards an extension of the Northern line rather than Crossrail.

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