{"id":43100,"date":"2020-07-02T20:09:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T19:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=43100"},"modified":"2020-07-02T20:09:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T19:09:15","slug":"protests-continue-in-fight-to-save-whitchurch-nature-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/07\/02\/protests-continue-in-fight-to-save-whitchurch-nature-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests continue in fight to save Whitchurch nature spot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Yes&nbsp;to&nbsp;Velindre, no to Meadows destruction,\u2019 say campaigners&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Councillor Mia Rees discusses the Save Northern Meadows campaign\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Z7bKPnIbOo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Councillor Mia Rees discusses the Save Northern Meadows campaign\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Z7bKPnIbOo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><figcaption>&#8220;This is nothing to do with not wanting a cancer centre, but we don&#8217;t feel it should go here,&#8221; says Cardiff Councillor for Whitchurch and Tongwynlais, Mia Rees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>PROTESTERS&nbsp;striving to save&nbsp;the&nbsp;Northern Meadows&nbsp;in&nbsp;Whitchurch&nbsp;from intended development say they will keep fighting until the proposed location is reviewed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Following a successful initial demonstration&nbsp;last month,&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/savethenorthernmeadows.wales\/\">Save Northern Meadows<\/a> group have&nbsp;more&nbsp;socially-distanced&nbsp;gatherings&nbsp;planned over the coming weeks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Around 250 people flocked to the&nbsp;nature spot, also known as&nbsp;Whitchurch&nbsp;Meadow,&nbsp;on Saturday,&nbsp;June 20,&nbsp;to&nbsp;protest&nbsp;its&nbsp;intended use for a new&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.velindrecc.wales.nhs.uk\/about-us\">Velindre&nbsp;cancer hospital<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The group have also been <a href=\"https:\/\/savethenorthernmeadows.wales\/?portfolio=our-twitter-feed\">making official objections&nbsp;to the&nbsp;latest&nbsp;planning application<\/a> before the deadline on July 16, as well as contacting local politicians and interested parties, writing letters, and attending consultations held by the&nbsp;Velindre&nbsp;development team.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday over 250 people came to the Northern Meadows to protest against developments on this amazing green space. There are alternative sites that must be considered instead of destroying Cardiff&#39;s people to the natural world.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CardiffSave?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CardiffSave<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R9QJhM7e6t\">pic.twitter.com\/R9QJhM7e6t<\/a><\/p>&mdash; @XRCardiff (@XRCardiff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XRCardiff\/status\/1274792264510910465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Campaigners have stressed that they do not oppose the building of updated&nbsp;facilities, but believe alternative, brownfield sites nearby would be more suitable.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Leanne Roberts,&nbsp;39, of&nbsp;Whitchurch&nbsp;is one of the local people who&nbsp;enjoys spending time at the meadows with her husband and son, five.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/106110354_294491838361978_5610013748285823386_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/106110354_294491838361978_5610013748285823386_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/106110354_294491838361978_5610013748285823386_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/106110354_294491838361978_5610013748285823386_n-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/106110354_294491838361978_5610013748285823386_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/106110354_294491838361978_5610013748285823386_n-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/106110354_294491838361978_5610013748285823386_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/106110354_294491838361978_5610013748285823386_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/106110354_294491838361978_5610013748285823386_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/106110354_294491838361978_5610013748285823386_n-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/106110354_294491838361978_5610013748285823386_n-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/106110354_294491838361978_5610013748285823386_n-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Leanne Roberts loves walking through the Northern meadows with her husband and five-year-old son [Image: Leanne Roberts]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe love the outdoors and having it so local means we can walk and enjoy it all the time. As soon as we enter the&nbsp;meadows&nbsp;I see my son\u2019s spirit lift. He literally bounds across the meadow,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will be there every Saturday as much as I can to support the protest. I hope enough objections can be made on the planning permission for the access road that it gets called in to government to be looked at.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fantastic turn out at the Save the Northern Meadows site today. YES to Velindre. NO to building on the meadow. Please use the easily accessible and available brownsite next door. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/savewhitchurchmeadows?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#savewhitchurchmeadows<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cardiff?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cardiff<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Z4tYUWhfc\">pic.twitter.com\/3Z4tYUWhfc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Leanne Roberts (@StreetwiseLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StreetwiseLee\/status\/1274298352818163712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Conservative&nbsp;Councillor&nbsp;for&nbsp;Whitchurch&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tongwynlais, Mia Rees, also attended last month\u2019s protest.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf there are sites which mean that green spaces wouldn\u2019t disappear or which would actually bring a cancer hospital closer to other medical facilities, I think that\u2019s a better place for it,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got the housing estate on one side, and on the other side of the meadow you\u2019ve got blocks of&nbsp;flats, so that\u2019s people with no gardens at&nbsp;all,&nbsp;they&nbsp;just have a car park. If you live in a tower-block and the green space that\u2019s&nbsp;really close&nbsp;and&nbsp;really accessible&nbsp;to you is about to be built on, how isolating and bad for your mental health that must be.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"407\" height=\"290\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-11.14.52.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"43106\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?attachment_id=43106\" class=\"wp-image-43106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-11.14.52.png 407w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-11.14.52-300x214.png 300w, 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\/><\/noscript><figcaption>Mia Rees urges local people to sign the petition and write to their representatives [Image: Catriona Aitken]<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/thumbnail_20200620_111015-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"43107\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?attachment_id=43107\" class=\"wp-image-43107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/thumbnail_20200620_111015-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/thumbnail_20200620_111015-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/thumbnail_20200620_111015-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/thumbnail_20200620_111015-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/thumbnail_20200620_111015-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/thumbnail_20200620_111015.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/thumbnail_20200620_111015-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"43107\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?attachment_id=43107\" class=\"wp-image-43107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/thumbnail_20200620_111015-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/thumbnail_20200620_111015-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/thumbnail_20200620_111015-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/thumbnail_20200620_111015-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/thumbnail_20200620_111015-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/thumbnail_20200620_111015.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Councillors Linda Morgan (left) and Mia Rees (right) in the Northern Meadows<br \/>[Image: Mia Rees] <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>The issues surrounding the meadows development have been discussed for many years, with each new necessary planning application causing delays and being met with fresh objections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Campaigners argue that contemporary environment commitments, including declaration of a climate change emergency, made by both Cardiff Council and the Welsh Government, should be taken into consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Alternative, brownfield sites have been suggested by&nbsp;campaigners&nbsp;and previously considered, including the nearby old&nbsp;Whitchurch&nbsp;Hospital,&nbsp;a grade II listed building and former mental health facility which closed in 2016.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"573\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-18.45.57.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-18.45.57.png 579w, 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by&nbsp;Tessa&nbsp;Marshall&nbsp;on behalf of the Save Northern&nbsp;Meadows group.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The proposed development&nbsp;is being funded by the Welsh Government&nbsp;as part of their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gov.wales\/mutual-investment-model-infrastructure-investment\">Mutual Investment Model (MIM)&nbsp;<\/a>for delivering&nbsp;infrastructure&nbsp;schemes&nbsp;in partnership with the private sector.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Senedd&nbsp;member Niel McEvoy attended the protest and has voiced support for the cause, this week sending a letter to the&nbsp;Ministers for Health and Environment, asking&nbsp;for urgent&nbsp;call-in&nbsp;of the development plan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>However,&nbsp;Deputy Minister for Health and&nbsp;Senedd&nbsp;member for&nbsp;Cardiff&nbsp;North, Julie Morgan, supports the proposals.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(A thread) 1. The Northern Meadows have been a part of the Cardiff North Community since 1993. This area has been untouched for decades, allowing nature to grow and thrive. This is all now under threat. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/savethenorthernmeadows?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#savethenorthernmeadows<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nk9CHkZCZh\">pic.twitter.com\/Nk9CHkZCZh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cardiff Youth Strike 4 Climate (@YouthStrike4Cl4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YouthStrike4Cl4\/status\/1277545875053654016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Velindre&nbsp;University NHS Trust say that the meadows site, previously used to grow crops for residents at the self-sufficient mental health facility, has been previously granted planning permission and is owned by the NHS. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>It was considered for development alongside several other locations, including the old hospital site and land adjoining the University Hospital Wales (UHW), but was selected as most suitable due to its size, ease of access, the time-frame of the project, and the benefits of the surroundings to patients to be treated there.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for the trust said: \u201cResearch shows that nature has a healing and calming effect on humans and our proposals, therefore, place the landscape and its biodiversity in a central role \u2013 not only around, but also integrated into the buildings themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our vision is for a Velindre Cancer Centre which has the strength to last for the long-term, which promotes excellence in future cancer services and which exceeds the expectations of the future generations who use it. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will only be able to achieve it if we work with \u2013 and learn from &#8211; our neighbours, patients and staff, and would welcome members of local community groups to get in touch with us so we can work together.&#8221;<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Yes&nbsp;to&nbsp;Velindre, no to Meadows destruction,\u2019 say campaigners&nbsp; PROTESTERS&nbsp;striving to save&nbsp;the&nbsp;Northern Meadows&nbsp;in&nbsp;Whitchurch&nbsp;from intended development say they will keep fighting until the proposed location is reviewed.&nbsp;&nbsp; Following a successful initial demonstration&nbsp;last month,&nbsp;the Save Northern Meadows group have&nbsp;more&nbsp;socially-distanced&nbsp;gatherings&nbsp;planned over the coming weeks.&nbsp; Around 250 people flocked to the&nbsp;nature spot, also known as&nbsp;Whitchurch&nbsp;Meadow,&nbsp;on Saturday,&nbsp;June 20,&nbsp;to&nbsp;protest&nbsp;its&nbsp;intended use for a new&nbsp;Velindre&nbsp;cancer hospital.&nbsp;&nbsp; The group have also been making official objections&nbsp;to the&nbsp;latest&nbsp;planning application before the deadline on July 16, as well as contacting local politicians and interested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":43116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,89],"tags":[156,272,1542,1543,552,1544,240,1545],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-43100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-where-you-live","category-whitchurch","tag-campaign","tag-cardiff-north","tag-nature","tag-northern-meadows","tag-protest","tag-save-northern-meadows","tag-whitchurch","tag-whitchurch-meadows"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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