Radyr Arms to be Demolished.

Radyr Residents should be aware of the following planning application 02/02751/W for The Radyr Arms, Station Road, Radyr, Cardiff, made by McCarthy & Stone Developments Ltd.

They wish to demolish the existing building (The Radyr Arms) and carry out redevelopment to form sheltered apartments for the elderly, including house manager`s accommodation, communal facilities and landscaping.

The Radyr Arms situated at the heart of the village provides a great community asset and its loss would surely be missed.

What about the residents – of how many hundreds? – of houses soon to be built at Radyr sidings (who, planners say, will never use their cars to go to work since they can walk to the station). Oh dear! they will now have to get their cars out to go to the pub (and encourage drink driving). Will they buy their houses on the strength of local facilities to find that an important one of them just vanished overnight?

Maybe we need sheltered housing. We have some in Radyr, not all of it full, and just half a mile away (as crows fly) in Velindre Road a very large development of this type has recently been completed. Also if its a priority, why weren`t they planned into Radyr Sidings?

Do we want this to happen? What can we do about it? You can start a campaign. Put your comments in the guest book. Write to your councillor. Scream and shout. Do it now or “Complacancy Rules OK”.