{"id":1208,"date":"2014-02-04T15:49:33","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T15:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=1208"},"modified":"2014-02-04T15:49:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T15:49:33","slug":"heath-residents-oppose-model-railway-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/04\/heath-residents-oppose-model-railway-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Heath residents oppose model railway expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cardiff residents are being asked to have their say on the proposed development by the Cardiff Model Engineering Society in Heath Park Woods.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/photo-23.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1211\" alt=\"photo 2\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/photo-23-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1211\" alt=\"photo 2\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/photo-23-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nResidents have strongly objected to repeated applications from the society, who want to expand into a woodland area. The development would see a new stretch added to the existing model railway.<br \/>\nMike Williams, chairman of the society, said: \u201cThere are concerns but some of them are unfounded.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe society has submitted a number of planning applications since 2007:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI can understand their concerns, but there is fear among some people that we will cut a lot of trees down. Although we are proposing to cut down some young saplings, we will divert around any established trees.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When asked whether the club would consider opening more frequently, Mr Williams said: \u201cWe are open 12 times a year but there are objections to this and we would have more objections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/photo-11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1210\" alt=\"photo 1\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/photo-11-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1210\" alt=\"photo 1\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/photo-11-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Julie Morgan, Welsh Assembly Member for Cardiff North, put in an objection to one of the previous extension applications.<br \/>\nShe said: \u201cI have received many representations from constituents about this application, with numerous concerns and objections raised.\u201d<br \/>\nAlthough parts of the new development would remain accessible to the public when not in use, the stretch of new track linking to the existing track would remain permanently fenced off.<br \/>\nThe Heath Residents Association has also raised concerns over the destruction of a valuable wildlife habitat. They said: \u201cAt one time there was a pond within the site. The habitat within the site is suitable for newts and very many other wildlife species.\u201d<br \/>\nViews must be made to Chris Hespe, Cardiff Council\u2019s director of sport, leisure and culture. They can be sent to <i>chris.hespe@cardiff.gov.uk<\/i> and the deadline is Thursday, 6 February.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff residents are being asked to have their say on the proposed development by the Cardiff Model Engineering Society in Heath Park Woods. Residents have strongly objected to repeated applications from the society, who want to expand into a woodland area. The development would see a new stretch added to the existing model railway. Mike Williams, chairman of the society, said: \u201cThere are concerns but some of them are unfounded.&#8221; The society has submitted a number of planning applications since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":1210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[1291,1801,473,542,1802,1803,1804,1093,406,50,195],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-cardiff-2","tag-cardiff-model-engineering-society","tag-heath","tag-heath-park","tag-heath-park-woods","tag-heath-residents-association","tag-railway","tag-train","tag-trains","tag-transport","tag-welsh-assembly"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heath residents oppose model railway expansion - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/04\/heath-residents-oppose-model-railway-expansion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heath residents oppose model railway expansion - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cardiff residents are being asked to have their say on the proposed development by the Cardiff Model Engineering Society in Heath Park Woods. 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