{"id":27801,"date":"2018-03-16T14:31:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T14:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=27801"},"modified":"2018-03-16T14:31:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T14:31:43","slug":"100-social-housing-scheme-approved-grangetown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/16\/100-social-housing-scheme-approved-grangetown\/","title":{"rendered":"100% Social Housing scheme approved for Grangetown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_27804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27804\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27804\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/grangetown-social-housing-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/grangetown-social-housing-cropped.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/grangetown-social-housing-cropped-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/grangetown-social-housing-cropped-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/grangetown-social-housing-cropped-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27804\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/grangetown-social-housing-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/grangetown-social-housing-cropped.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/grangetown-social-housing-cropped-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/grangetown-social-housing-cropped-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/grangetown-social-housing-cropped-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript> Social housing in Grangetown (cr. Pegasus Developments)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A NEW social housing development off Clive Street has been given the go-ahead by councillors.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This development originally planned for 116 homes, but there will now be 101 dwellings, all of which will be social housing.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pegasus Developments have also included two small open spaces after talks with planning officials.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will be a mix of one and two bedroom flats in three-storey blocks, as well as two to four bedroom houses on the site of the old railway embankment.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It took eight months and 6,000 lorry journeys to move 100,000 tonnes of earth and spoil which made up the embankment to clear the way for the development which backs onto the Ikea store.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The site will include car parking and secure cycle parking for the flats, while the access road into Clive Street will involve the demolition of a house.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The developers would normally be expected to make a contribution towards school places and local community and open space provisions as part of a S<\/span>ection 106 agreement.<br \/>\nThe agreement would be worth around \u00a3525,000 (reduced from just over \u00a3916,000 originally) but c<span>ouncillors <\/span><span>were asked to forego this fee<\/span><span>\u00a0as part of the deal because the homes will now all be social housing, with none sold on the open market.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Councillors were told because the proposal was now for &#8220;much needed affordable homes, including family housing&#8221; the project would not be viable if the developer had to make any contribution. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The planning committee was told it would be a &#8220;benefit for the city&#8221; and councillors welcomed the fact it would mean 100% social housing.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grangetown Councillor and Cabinet member for housing and communities, Lynda Thorne, said: \u201cGrangetown is a high demand, low availability area. It really is in need of social housing.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Councillor Frank Jacobsen, who sat on the planning committee, said: \u201cIt\u2019s a welcome change to see affordable housing on the planning committee come before us rather than student accomodation, a pleasant change. It\u2019s much needed housing that we need in the area.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The application was granted unanimously by the planning committee on Thursday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A NEW social housing development off Clive Street has been given the go-ahead by councillors. This development originally planned for 116 homes, but there will now be 101 dwellings, all of which will be social housing. Pegasus Developments have also included two small open spaces after talks with planning officials. 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