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Plans have been submitted for a development of more than 100 homes on the site of a former railway embankment in the Grangetown area of Cardiff.

A hybrid planning application has been submitted by Pegasus Developments to Cardiff City Council covering the construction of 116 homes on a 4.9 acre site owned by Network Rail.

A total of 49 two, three and four bedroom homes are proposed alongside six apartment blocks providing 67 units.

If the scheme is granted consent Pegasus will develop the site in partnership with Wales and West Housing Association. The homes will be predominantly affordable, but with some for sale on the open market.

The site was most recently been used as a railway embankment and historically operated as a railway line. The tracks have now been removed and the land is surplus to Network Rail’s requirements.

The land is currently raised significantly above the surrounding area and the application includes plans for the removal of material to reduce it to a lower level.

The land has previously been put forward as a candidate site in the emerging Cardiff Local Development Plan and was included as a location suitable for residential development in the deposit plan, published in 2013.

The outline planning application follows a consultation held earlier this year with Cardiff City Council which resulted in the slight reduction of the total number of homes.

A design and access statement, submitted by Pegasus as part of the application, said: "The application site is located within the urban settlement boundary of Cardiff and is allocated for residential development in the emerging LDP.

"Whilst submitted in outline, an indicative density of 116 dwellings is proposed.

"Residential development on the site will assist in meeting a number of national and local planning policy objectives including maximising the re - use of previously developed land, reducing the need to travel, particularly by car and providing affordable housing."

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Was trying to work out where this could be. Its a long narrow piece of land between Clive Lane and Ikea effectively. Indicative site plan here:
http://planning.cardiff.gov.uk/online-a ... 735487.pdf

There was talk (may have been ideas on this forum, rather than actual plans) of a tram/light rail line being reintroduced on that piece of land, coming from grangetown and running alongside ferry road all the way to the ISV.
Though none of the recent metro diagrams show an ISV stop, so guessing that is off the cards.
It will be a shame if the ski slope/shopping etc at the ISV (if built) doesn't have a proper link into the Metro system.

LocalResident wrote:There was talk (may have been ideas on this forum, rather than actual plans) of a tram/light rail line being reintroduced on that piece of land, coming from grangetown and running alongside ferry road all the way to the ISV.
Though none of the recent metro diagrams show an ISV stop, so guessing that is off the cards.
It will be a shame if the ski slope/shopping etc at the ISV (if built) doesn't have a proper link into the Metro system.

That is a really good point. It would be perfect for a metro line to ISV. Such short sightedness. Looking at the map there could be a spur from the VoG line but that would be second to reopening that line. Failing that Cogan needs to be developed effectively to ensure any visitors can get to ISV without using the car.

Frankly, I don't think the ISV - even with a ski slope - would generate sufficient traffic to make it worthwhile reopening a rail line (light or not). And trams can go on streets if needs be (Clive St is actual 'dual carriageway', making that an option), which I think is generally cheaper? The ISV bus, perhaps routed via the Bay would seem sufficient to me. Just make sure services are there for when its used - so probably more in school holidays, on weekends (including Sundays) etc.

Clive Street was actually a tram route - that's why it's so wide.

http://grangetownhistory.co.uk/