When Cardiff council placed details of plans to "dispose" of 59,240 square metres of land - about the size of eight football pitches - at Hailey Park in Llandaff North there was outrage.
Hundreds of people were concerned and community group Friends Of Hailey Park issued a statement on Saturday, June 4, saying it was "extremely concerned at the scale" of the development and shared residents' "frustration and disappointment". Meanwhile, Llandaff North Residents' Association called for an an emergency public meeting to be held on Thursday, June 9.
Hundreds of people joined the event for the 'Save Hailey Park' meeting to stop more than a quarter of the space from being lost. "Our two councillors know nothing about it and will be making enquiries after the jubilee weekend. This sell off is just one of several damaging attacks on our park, and we've organised this public meeting for residents to come along, find out more, and have their voices heard," the organisers wrote.
