Cardiff Council and Wates Residential continue to progress the delivery of the new Well-being Village on the former Michaelston College site, as part of the Cardiff Living development programme.
Following the earlier consultation events held in December 2021, July 2022 and February 2023, we would like to thank everyone who took part and shared feedback. All comments were carefully considered and helped shape the final proposals.
We are pleased to confirm that planning permission for the development was granted in November 2025.
Since then, we have been working on the following key activities:
- Discharging pre‑commencement planning conditions to enable construction to begin.
- Undertaking site surveys, including ecology and environmental investigations.
- Working closely with Cardiff Council’s Highways and Drainage teams to prepare and submit Sustainable Drainage Approval Body (SAB) applications and associated sectional agreements.
- Delivering design development workshops focused on refining and progressing the detailed design work.
- Working closely with Children’s Centre to progress the design work for the new car park, extension, and internal configuration works.
- Maintaining our commitment to ongoing communication with neighbours and the local community throughout the project.
Before any works commence on site, we will hold a public engagement event to share the latest updates on the design development and programme, and to answer any questions.
We look forward to continuing to work with local residents and stakeholders as we move into the next phase of the project.
Consultations, updates & newsletters
February 2023 consultation material
July 2022 consultation material
December 2021 consultation material
This new development will be delivered through its Cardiff Living development partnership with Wates Residential. The proposals include delivering 265 new homes built within an environment that promotes health and well-being.
There is a focus on creating new homes for older people, built within a mixed-age community, with a range of homes for outright sale and for rent from the council.
The aim is for the Well-being Village to accommodate a mixture of new community facilities. The proposal includes space for a health and wellbeing hub offering a café and flexible community space.
There will be high-quality outdoor spaces. This could include:
- A gateway Plaza into the development – A vibrant public space at the heart of this new scheme. People can sit, meet friends and have enjoy refreshments and socialise at the café.
- The Green – A green space at the centre of the scheme protecting the existing mature trees, enhancing the external landscaping, and promoting informal play.
- Wild Wood – A large, wooded area that will be accessible and designed to promote nature walks
- Community Garden – A community growing space.
- Hillside Walk – A route between the St Fagans CW Primary School and the new square, where children can safely walk to school and play on the hillside.
Vehicular access to the houses and community facilities on the Michaelston College site will be from the existing entrance off Michaelston Road. There is the potential to create new walking/cycling connections to help improve access from the surrounding area to the community facilities and we are also looking at what highways improvements we can make to the existing highway network to help alleviate existing parking and traffic issues along Drope Road, Patreane Way and Michaelston Road.
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If you have any questions or concerns about this project, please contact us.