Controversial proposals to demolish a historic pub have been rejected. Cardiff Council said the scheme to replace Rumney's Rompney Castle with flats was "unacceptable".
Developer Sudhir Sehrawat applied to build 26 flats, a shop, and parking court on the site of the pub which closed down during the Covid lockdown. Some 1,094 people signed a petition to save the Wentloog Road watering hole, which was built in 1871 and features a mock-medieval tower.
And council planners have now refused the application, finding the "overbearing" and "un-neighbourly" design would cause "unacceptable harm" to the privacy of nearby households. "The proposed development requires the demolition of a historic building of some character, that is of considerable significance to the local community," the decision reads.
