Welsh Government approves Gabalfa student flats – Cardiff
Plans for 179 student apartments in Gabalfa have been approved by the Welsh Government’s planning inspectorate, despite being thrown out by city councillors last year.
Cardiff Council’s planning committee rejected proposals from Cardiff University in December to build a seven-storey block of 179 apartments at Talybont Gate, on Bevan Place, after residents expressed concern the development’s provision of just seven on-site parking spaces would increase parking problems in an already congested part of Cardiff.
But the university appealed the decision, and planning inspector Andrew Poulter decided earlier this week to allow the development, overturning the council’s earlier ruling …