Plans for hundreds of temporary flats to be built on a former gasworks site in Cardiff have been given the go ahead. Cardiff Council's cabinet approved a project on Thursday, July 14, that will see 200 one to three-bedroom modular flats temporarily installed at Ferry Road in Grangetown.
The development, which is part of a wider pilot scheme that could later be rolled out by the Welsh Government in other areas of Wales, is aimed at tackling the shortage of affordable housing in the city. Currently the council has 48 modular, demountable flats on the site which are housing 29 families.
The council already has plans for 500 new affordable homes on the site of the former gasworks. While that development awaits construction, the council will expand the use of the modular flats on site.
