More than 1,000 homes could be built on the site of a disused power station site, near Southampton Fawley Power Station set for housing plan
Fawley Power Station's 198-metre chimney is a prominent feature was shut down in 2013 More than 1,000 homes could be built on the site of a disused power station site near Southampton following its sale to a developer. Land Registry documents show London-based Long Harbour bought the 300-acre Fawley Power Station site for £25m. The financial group said it planned to build homes and a marina on the site on the edge of the New Forest. Fawley Power Station, Southampton, by air The oil-fired power station was decommissioned in 2013 after operating for more than 40 years. A Long Harbour statement said: "Working with Fawley Waterside Management Company, Long Harbour has begun works towards achieving outline planning consent for a mixed-use development including over 1,000 residential units, commercial space and an active leisure marina." Fawley Power Station 1971 Commissioned on the western shore of Southampton Water 2,000 megawatt oil-fired p...