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Batterseas Covent Garden Market to get facelift in £2bn regeneration plan
New tube line for London area on cards as planning permission granted for new homes at Nine Elms fruit and vegetable market
The Nine Elms area in Battersea, south-west London, has been given a double boost, with the wholesale market granted planning permission for a significant facelift, including the construction of 3,000 homes, and the transport secretary approving a £1bn connecting Underground line.
New Covent Garden Market, Britains biggest wholesale market, which has been central to fruit, vegetable and flower sales in the capital since 1974 and is owned by the taxpayer, is to be revamped in a 10-year project costing £2bn.
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