Plans for flats at a former Cardiff pub which proposes to keep its façade is "massively preferable" to the original proposal for the historic building, a local councillor has said. The Roath Park pub, dating back to 1886, on the corner of City Road and Kincraig Street, has been the subject of multiple plans for demolition over the past few years.
Campaigners opposed to the most recent plans for the building's demolition were given a glimmer of hope after local councillors said they'd had positive conversations with its owner. The latest plan submitted to Cardiff Council proposes to keep part of the outward appearance of the building and demolish another part of it which would be replaced with a three-storey structure.
Cardiff Council ward member for Plasnewydd, Cllr Dan De'Ath said: "We’re really pleased that a substantial part of the Victorian building will be retained as part of the proposed new development. Our campaign as local councillors alongside Cardiff Central MP, Jo Stevens, to save the building attracted a huge amount of support and hundreds and hundreds of signatures on our various petitions and we’d like to thank everyone for these support.
