Plans to transform two historic buildings in Cardiff as part of a major new sixth form college development have been approved. The development, which will see the Merchant Place and Corys buildings in Butetown restored and the erection of a new eight-storey building, will provide a permanent new home for Cardiff Sixth Form College.
Both Merchant Place and Corys, dating back to 1881 and 1889 respectively, have been empty for more than two decades. They will become the teaching space of the new sixth form development, with the new eight-storey build housing science labs, classrooms, an auditorium and an exhibition space.
Speaking at the Cardiff Council planning committee meeting on Thursday February 2, Councillor Michael Michael said: "Watching it dilapidate over the last 20 years has been quite sad. We have tried as an authority for years to get something on here without success. I think the architects have done an excellent job in trying to marry the new building with the [old buildings]."
