This Guest Blog was requested by WeAreCardiff and appeared on their blog on August 27th 2010 Yes, I am still, frequently, asked the question by uncomprehending friends “why do you live in Cardiff?”. As a south Londoner (political history here), I migrated here via the very beautiful countryside of north Warwickshire. My work as a [...]
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Why we live in Cardiff: guest blog
Posted: August 27, 2010 in Cardiff, Cardiff Council, Cricket (especially GCCC), Planning, Wales and the WelshA personal view – looking forward to Cardiff 2020
Posted: July 30, 2010 in Cardiff, Cardiff Council, Planning, Victorian Society, Wales and the WelshThis is a longer version of the article published by MyCardiff He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. Harold Wilson, Prime Minister for a total of seven years and 279 days The city is embarking – again, after an abortive start on Plan [...]
BBC to give Cardiff’s planning woes a very public airing
Posted: March 19, 2010 in Cardiff Council, Planning, Wales and the Welsh, Wales Assembly GovernmentTags: BBC Wales, Cardiff, Housing, Local Development Plan, Media, Rodney Berman
Ok, so planning’s not sexy. But it is important and I frequently bore on about it: lately the focus has been dodgy Cardiff Council planning decisions (again) and its Deposit Local Development Plan. The BBC has taken on a big task to make these subjects fit for human consumption with a 30 minutes long Week [...]
WAG admits courts defeat over Llanishen – fight resumes
Posted: September 5, 2009 in Cardiff Council, Planning, Wales Assembly GovernmentTags: Jane Davidson, LDP, Llanishen Reservoir, Planning, WAG
Just as it was thought that all would be decided on 22nd September, the fight for the future of Llanishen Reservoir starts again. In April 2009 the Welsh Environment Minister, Jane Davidson, rejected Western Power’s appeal following the Second Public Planning Inquiry which was held in June 2008. In effect, she refused permission for Western [...]
Cardiff’s Local Development Plan: dead in the water?
Posted: September 2, 2009 in Cardiff Council, Wales and the Welsh, Wales Assembly GovernmentTags: Cardiff, Cardiff Civic Society, Cardiff Council, CCS, Deposit LDP, LDP, Mark Newey, Planning, WAG, Wales Assembly Government
Cardiff is in the final stages of deciding the shape of the city for the next 15-20 years seeking approval of its “Deposit Local Development Plan”. The next stage in the process is supposed to be consideration of the LDP by a WAG appointed Inspector to judge its soundness. Into the arena steps WAG planner [...]
Residents get the chance to meet Eisteddfod bosses
Posted: June 28, 2008 in Cardiff Council, Planning, Wales and the WelshIt’s all happening here in the first week in August, you know, Wales’ premier cultural event The Eisteddfod. Not that you’d know if you lived within 100 metres of the big tent and all that it brings because the Eisteddfod and Cardiff Council have been decidedly coy about meeting the locals – let alone engaging [...]
Reclaim our space SIR – Business Wales reports (September 6) that a property developer has plans to redevelop the cinema and bar complex outside the Millennium Stadium into new flats and a casino. It is nearly ten years since Wales’ only Olympic size pool was demolished and the publicly owned land given away because, it [...]
Subject/Title: Surrealism, casino dependency and urban regeneration
Posted: September 2, 2006 in Cardiff Council, Cricket (especially GCCC)Tags: Byron Davies, Cardiff Council, Rodeney Berman, Russell Goodway
There has been precious little effective debate about the politics concerning Cardiff’s political dash for a test match. This month however, there’s a very perceptive comment piece in Planet Magazine In it John Lovering focuses on the City’s application for a Super Casino – actually heard yesterday – but astutely puts that in the same [...]
