{"id":8201,"date":"2016-01-19T18:10:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T18:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=8201"},"modified":"2016-01-19T18:10:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T18:10:13","slug":"roath-residents-angry-approval-yet-student-accommodation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/01\/19\/roath-residents-angry-approval-yet-student-accommodation\/","title":{"rendered":"Roath residents angry at approval for yet more student accommodation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8268\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/FINAL-SCREEN-SHOT.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8268\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/FINAL-SCREEN-SHOT.jpg\" alt=\"The two student accommodation sites have caused anger in the Roath community\" width=\"876\" height=\"489\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8268\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/FINAL-SCREEN-SHOT.jpg\" alt=\"The two student accommodation sites have caused anger in the Roath community\" width=\"876\" height=\"489\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>The sites of two blocks of student accommodation which have caused anger in the Roath community.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nROATH residents are outraged\u00a0after the council approved plans for more student accommodation on City Road.<br \/>\nThis\u00a0will be the second student development to be built in the area in the past two years and means that City Road will soon be home to over 400 new students.<br \/>\nThe new student housing will be built less than 100 yards from another student development which is due to be completed later this year.<br \/>\nLocals fear this could mean the area is soon overrun with students.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8257\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_0450.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8257\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_0450-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The current site at 21-27 City Road, which is due to be turned into 139 student rooms\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8257\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_0450-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The current site at 21-27 City Road, which is due to be turned into 139 student rooms\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>The car park\u00a0at 21-27 City Road, which is to be turned into 139 student rooms.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nTim Stonhill, 53, who lives in the area, said: &#8220;It&#8217;s appalling that they&#8217;re even considering this. This part of town\u00a0needs some changes but student accommodation is a ridiculous idea, especially when there&#8217;s already some being built just over the road.<br \/>\n&#8220;There are plenty of other areas in Cardiff that&#8217;d be more suitable, somewhere closer to the universities.&#8221;<br \/>\nA resident of Pascall Court, which is next to the proposed site, said: &#8220;My wife and I chose this house specifically because it isn&#8217;t too close to the student parts of the city.<br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s a nice neighbourhood at the moment but once we&#8217;ve got students spilling out onto our streets that&#8217;s all going to go. House prices will drop and the area will just become completely student-focussed. It&#8217;s such a shame.&#8221;<br \/>\nUnder the development plans, the site at 21 to 27 City Road, would be transformed from a car park into two buildings made up of 139 separate student rooms.<br \/>\nThis is in addition to the 279-room development that is under construction on Oxford Street, less than 100\u00a0metres away from the new site.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8256\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_0445.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8256 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_0445-e1453215665485-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"The 279-room Oxford Street accommodation is due to be finished later in 2016\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8256 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_0445-e1453215665485-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"The 279-room Oxford Street accommodation is due to be finished later in 2016\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>The 279-room Oxford Street accommodation due\u00a0to be finished later\u00a0this year<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nA member of staff at Yongjia supermarket, opposite the development site, expressed concerns about parking.<br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s too narrow, I don&#8217;t know how they will fit in there. They&#8217;re already building another one round the back of City Road which they&#8217;re supposed to finish soon &#8211; where&#8217;s everyone going to park? And what about all the traffic problems we&#8217;ll get when they start building this new one?&#8221;<br \/>\nAs part of the agreement, the council has requested that the developer provide \u00a357,400 towards community facilities and \u00a383,598 towards the provision of open space.<br \/>\nThis is in addition to money contributed by the Oxford Street accommodation developer, which amounts to \u00a3147,816 towards open space in the area and \u00a3114,390 towards facilities for the local community.<br \/>\nMr Stonhill doesn&#8217;t believe these financial contributions will benefit the residents of the area.<br \/>\n&#8220;They&#8217;re trying to wow us with these massive sums but really they&#8217;re paying to build a new neighbourhood.<br \/>\n&#8220;If people\u00a0move away because of this then that money will go to providing more for the students and it&#8217;ll turn into a hotspot for them.<br \/>\n&#8220;I can&#8217;t understand it, I really can&#8217;t.&#8221;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ROATH residents are outraged\u00a0after the council approved plans for more student accommodation on City Road. 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