Cardiff Council is planning to redevelop a vacant piece of land within Butetown. The site is located between James Street and Mount Stuart Primary School and has been derelict for many years.
The site is being considered as a mixed-use development that could include new council homes and community enterprise uses.
The project is at the very early stages and we will be engaging with the local community to get their ideas.
The project aims to help meet the need in the area for family housing, including multi-generational homes that enable larger families to live together. There will also be space on the ground floor for community enterprise uses fronting James Street.
The project will progress four key stages (see below). We are currently at Stage 1:
Stage 1 Survey work and information gathering: This stage involves undertaking all the necessary survey work on the site, such as trees, ecology and site condition surveys. They tell us all we need to know about the site to help shape the design of the proposed development.
Stage 2 Concept design: This stage involves using the survey work to identify the site opportunities and constraints and coming up with some initial ideas and early designs for the proposed development. We will get feedback on these ideas from a range of technical experts and the community to be able to develop a preferred option for the design.
Stage 3 Preferred Option: this stage involves developing the preferred option in more detail, ready for a planning application. This stage will involve a Pre Application Consultation (PAC) with the community and other stakeholders.
Stage 4 Planning Application: In this stage we will submit a planning application for the proposed development. The community and other stakeholders will have an opportunity to comment further on the proposals at this stage.
We want to understand your views about our ideas for the site and will be organising a number of different consultation events over the course of 2023.
We will post key dates once they have been agreed.
You can contact us about the development at any time via the housing development mailbox HousingDevelopment@cardiff.gov.uk.
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If you have any questions or concerns about this project, please contact us.