£2bn ‘garden city’ scheme in Cardiff approved

Plans for the remaining elements of a £2bn ‘garden city’ scheme on the outskirts of Cardiff have been given the green light, with lead developer Redrow set to start work on the first of the near-6,000 homes later this month.The main application for Plasd?r, passed yesterday (15 March 2017) by the City of Cardiff Council’s planning committee, includes an illustrative masterplan for the entire 900-acre site that borders Radyr, Danescourt, Fairwater, Pentrebane and St Fagans.Described as a “garden city for the 21st century”, the scheme is said to take inspiration from the successful movement founded on the principles of “fresh air, sunlight, breathing room and playing room”.The first 126 of 630 proposed homes, which were approved by planners last year, will be built on a 16-acre site to the north of Llantrisant Road and construction of these homes is expected to begin before Easter.Infrastructure improvements will continue and work at the Pentrebane site for a further 290 homes will begin before the end of the year.The development will also contribute a total of £55.7m in community benefits including four primary schools, a secondary school, health centres, shops, offices, pubs and restaurants, leisure centres, playing fields and parks and preserved woodland.