Karl wrote:Two new applications for the Bay. First is infill apartments next to Aberdare House in Mount Stuart Square with commercial on ground floor. The site is currently a surface car park so literally anything would be an improvement. The plannin app is under week commencing 17th December. Difficult to see what it it looks like from the drawing but hopefully it will involve a lot of stone rather than render.
The second is a 9 storey block on the corner of Clarence Rd and Dumballs rd from Cadwyn HA. It will involve the demolition of a two storey red brick building which is reasonably attractive but not a substantial loss. The proposed block looks interesting.....
It's hard to tell with the first one but it says it will be reconstituted stone and facing brick, with dark grey metal cladding in places. So maybe something like the existing residential developments on that side of Mount Stuart Square but with some ground floor units?
The second proposal.. YUCK! I hate those cheap cladding panels. You get those on the blocks they are putting up in the less salubrious parts of London. I think its because they look interesting in brochures and you don't realise how cheap and nasty they are til you see the ugly jigsaw patterns in reality. The worst I've seen is actually from Canary Wharf though (not prime but not exactly a dump either):
I'd much rather something brick here. It would go way better with the surroundings (e.g. Century Wharf, the police station across the way, the flats the other side of the road).