Boris Johnson has named Battersea as one of London’s first "housing zones" to deal with the capital’s population growth and housing crisis.

Wandsworth is among nine boroughs named in today’s announcement which are undergoing multi-million pound changes.

The idea behind the housing zones is to utilise brownfield sites across the city to create thousands of new homes.

A statement from the Mayor’s office said the first round of zones will create 56,000 construction jobs, five station upgrades, five schools, four bridges, two civic centres and a park.

The first zones are in Barking, Bexley, Ealing, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Haringey, Harrow, Hounslow, Lewisham and Wandsworth.

The 57 acre area from Clapham Junction to Battersea riverside is the region highlighted locally.

It is expected to attract £1.4bn of investment, 5,000 new homes and 1,300 new jobs.

Today’s announcement will not affect the plans already developed for the regeneration of the Winstanley and York Road Estates.

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Council leader Ravi Govindia said: "Housing zone status will provide certainty and bring all of the key players to the table with a clear focus on delivering much needed improvement and change to this area over the next ten years.

“Our ambitious proposals for this part of Battersea include more than 5,000 new homes, new leisure and community facilities, an extensive upgrade to the Clapham Junction transport hub, a new pedestrian bridge across the Thames and plans to reconnect Clapham Junction town centre with the riverside.

"At the core of the housing zone we will transform the Winstanley and York Road estates which are among the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Wandsworth. Every homeowner and council tenant living here will be offered a brand new home so local families can stay living in the heart of Battersea and share the benefits our regeneration work will bring."

More sites across London are being considered with around 20 expected to be designated later his year. Together they will provide over 50,000 new homes across London.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: "We need to double housebuilding and provide a million more homes by 2025.

"These innovative new housing zones, the first of their kind in the UK, will trigger regeneration and turbo boost the transformation of the capital’s brownfield sites, creating tens of thousands of new homes for hard working Londoner in first class new neighbourhoods."