{"id":56384,"date":"2021-12-07T17:16:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=56384"},"modified":"2022-06-19T18:56:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T17:56:53","slug":"maindy-velodrome-protestors-hope-charity-commission-will-ride-to-their-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/12\/07\/maindy-velodrome-protestors-hope-charity-commission-will-ride-to-their-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"Maindy Velodrome protestors hope Charity Commission will ride to their rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Campaigners oppose plan to demolish Maindy Velodrome and relocate it to Cardiff Bay<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

PROTESTORS have welcomed the Charity Commission\u2019s decision to look into Cardiff Council\u2019s proposal to demolish Maindy Velodrome and use the site to expand Cathays High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to a group of over 100 people at Saturday\u2019s \u2018Day of Action\u2019 at the velodrome, protestor Christine Wyatt, 49, announced: \u201cWe\u2019ve been in touch with the Charity Commission and they\u2019re going to be investigating Cardiff Council\u2019s request.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The velodrome is built on land that was gifted to the people of Cardiff by Lord Bute in 1922. Cardiff Council is the sole trustee of the site and needs to apply for consent from the Charity Commission to change the purpose of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter to the Charity Commission, Ms Wyatt says: “Cardiff Council needs to have the Charity land released from its current purpose so that a new school can be built on the land. How they have managed this clear conflict of interest is not clear, and is not at all transparent how this has been done, or indeed, whether it has been done it all.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a reply to the letter, The Charity Commission referred to the council\u2019s application to change the use of the land at Maindy Park and confirmed the authority has applied for consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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