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UK: Developer Urban Centric has been granted planning permission for phase two of its Traders Yard coliving scheme in Cardiff.
The approval takes Urban Centric’s coliving pipeline in Cardiff to almost 1,500 units. The phase will involve demolishing the buildings currently at 51 – 59 Penarth Road in the Butetown neighbourhood, one of Cardiff’s major regeneration areas, neighbouring Central Quay, Callaghan Square and Cardiff Central railway station.
The development sits alongside the River Taff and will have 360 degrees views over the City Centre and Cardiff Bay. Phase one features 182 units, phase two will have 174.
Planning documents, lodged by Urban Centric (Penarth Road) Ltd, for the development read: “The designers sense history in this site and sort of want to capture its gritty industrial past. Reuse of the existing buildings is not possible, but their style (warehouse) gives us a ‘hook’ from which to move forward. The position of the site will reuse brownfield land while also “delivering high density which will enhance its sustainability value as a piece of land.”
Workplace and leisure, recreation, shopping and convenience shopping are all found within 500 metres of the site.
The “vision” section of the proposal says: “To build a new ‘place’ which embraced highway constraints and turned them into an advantage by shaping the architecture around the primacy of external space whilst operationally delivering the particular needs of coliving and fostering a sense of community by design. Using the sense of place to influence the design’s appearance.”
Highlights:
• Developer Urban Centric has been granted planning permission for phase two of its Traders Yard coliving scheme in Cardiff
• The 174-unit phase will involve demolishing the buildings currently at 51 – 59 Penarth Road in the Butetown neighbourhood, one of Cardiff’s major regeneration areas, neighbouring Central Quay, Callaghan Square and Cardiff Central railway station
• The approval takes Urban Centric’s coliving pipeline in Cardiff to almost 1,500 units
