{"id":4724,"date":"2015-02-20T14:22:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T14:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=4724"},"modified":"2015-02-20T14:22:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T14:22:55","slug":"new-partnership-established-for-flat-holm-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/20\/new-partnership-established-for-flat-holm-island\/","title":{"rendered":"New partnership established for Flat Holm island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_4787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4787\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DG_FlatHolmAerialEDIT.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4787 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DG_FlatHolmAerialEDIT.jpg\" alt=\"DG_FlatHolmAerialEDIT\" width=\"740\" height=\"432\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4787 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DG_FlatHolmAerialEDIT.jpg\" alt=\"DG_FlatHolmAerialEDIT\" width=\"740\" height=\"432\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Flat Holm island will now be maintained by the RSPB and the National Trust<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFlat Holm island just off Penarth is set to have it&#8217;s guardianship passed on to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the National Trust.<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The Council last night agreed to set up a partnership between the RSPB, who will lease the island for 30 years,\u00a0and the National Trust to take over the running of the island in collaboration with the Flat Holm Society.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The island, an area of historical value to Wales, served as an isolation hospital during WW2 and was also defended by troops when anti-aircraft batteries were set up to incept German bombers headed for Cardiff.<\/span><br \/>\nCouncillor Bob Derbyshire, cabinet member for the environment said: &#8220;The island is of course historic in terms of its buildings, and was used during the time of the Napoleonic war.\u00a0A number of those building are now falling into despair.<br \/>\n&#8220;The scale of partnership is a very exciting project.&#8221;<br \/>\nFlat Holm island was believed to be very costly to the council and was earmarked for possible sale in 2013 to help balance the books.<br \/>\nCllr Derbyshire added: &#8220;The partnership will be more financially secure and provide sustainability for the island.<br \/>\n&#8220;The buildings of the island can now come alive again and become an asset to everyone.<br \/>\n&#8220;The position of the island is something that has been neglected for a long time and now something is being done about that&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Flat Holm island just off Penarth is set to have it&#8217;s guardianship passed on to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the National Trust. 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