{"id":78514,"date":"2023-11-14T19:10:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T19:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=78514"},"modified":"2023-11-15T13:36:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:36:54","slug":"fight-against-plan-to-build-36-houses-on-danescourt-woods-and-meadow-eyes-december-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2023\/11\/14\/fight-against-plan-to-build-36-houses-on-danescourt-woods-and-meadow-eyes-december-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight against delayed plan to build 36 houses on Danescourt Woods and Meadow set for December hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The planning application &#8211; last scheduled to be heard in October &#8211; will be discussed after a site visit<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A MUCH-DELAYED application to build 36 houses on the site of Danescourt Woods and Meadow is finally expected to be heard on December 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current plans for houses and an access road to be built on the greenfield site were first submitted in February 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taff Housing has received 700 objections to the plan as well as a petition of 2,300 signatures, with further support from councillors, MP Kevin Brennan and MS Mark Drakeford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The application, proposed by Taff Housing on behalf of Nabatean Limited, has already had five amendments in the four years since it was first put forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A meeting on October 5, at which the plans were expected to be heard, was postponed and the application was not on the agenda at the following month&#8217;s meeting. The next opportunity to discuss the application is at the only planning meeting remaining before Christmas, on December 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councillor Sean Driscoll has been pushing for a site visit to understand the issue further and this is now due to go ahead on December 4. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/Danescourt-Woods.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue has attracted some high-profile objections, including the leader of Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a September 2023 letter to Coun Dan De\u2019ath, First Minister Mark Drakeford said: \u201cThis site is not a suitable candidate site for any form of development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helen Stewart, the founder of the \u2018Save Our Woods and Meadow at Danescourt\u2019 Facebook Page, has been fighting to protect the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDespite the success against the previous applications, the cards are really stacked against us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The planning meeting to discuss the future of Danescourt Woods and Meadow has again been postponed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1046,"featured_media":78533,"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":[1003,3],"tags":[1291,1353,208,339],"coauthors":[8529],"class_list":["post-78514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-danescourt","category-news","tag-cardiff-2","tag-danescourt","tag-planning-committee","tag-wales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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