A huge 18-storey tower block could be built in Cardiff Bay as part of proposals to relocate the city's sixth form college. Plans to convert two forgotten buildings in the heart of the Bay into the new home of Cardiff Sixth Form College were revealed in 2021, with another site on Pierhead Street acquired for the proposed multi-million pound campus.
Merchant Place and the adjoining Cory's Buildings have lain empty for 20 years but a planning application was submitted to Cardiff Council in September for the college, which is currently based at Trinity Court on Newport Road, to take over the site. Those plans, if approved, will see part of the listed buildings demolished and a new eight-storey building with classrooms, a library, sports hall and rooftop auditorium constructed. You can read more about those proposals here.
Around 500 pupils will use the school with around 80% of them boarding. Further plans are now due to be submitted to the council for a student accommodation block to be built on Pierhead Street, with the proposed development set to become the tallest building in the Bay.
