Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

Cardiff University King Edward Vii Avenue Cathays Cardiff CF10 3NS

Granted Cardiff 26/00588/WTCA Works to Trees Conservation Area

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Excavation works within Root Protection Areas of trees, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University. The scheme is to provide 10 EV charging spaces served by 5 twin 22kW electric vehicle charger pillars in the parking area to the rear/side of the Glamorgan Building. The trees affected are located within the landscaped verge/tree belt beside the external roadway and parking area at the Glamorgan Building, immediately adjacent to the proposed EV charger pillars, cable trench route, and protective barrier works. The arboricultural drawings show that parts of the proposed trenching and foundation works encroach into the root protection areas of these trees

As published by the council, reference 26/00588/WTCA

Application record

Reference
26/00588/WTCA
Type
Works to Trees Conservation Area
Status
Awaiting decision
Decision
GRANT - Works to Trees
Received
23 Mar 2026
Validated
23 Mar 2026
Decided
18 May 2026
Ward
CATHAYS
Decision by
Delegated to Group Leader
Postcode
CF10 3NS

Site history

Applications at this address on the Cardiff register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00661/LBC Granted

    Cardiff University King Edward Vii Avenue Cathays Cardiff CF10 3NS

    Drill four number 100mm ducts through the external side wall within the plant room, below ground level to take electric cabling to supply 10 electric vehicle charging stations as part of the green infrastructure works.

    Decided 1 Sep 2026 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Mar 2026

    Received by Cardiff

  2. 18 May 2026

    Decision issued: GRANT - Works to Trees

  3. 22 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Downs Merrifield Architects Agent, an architecture practice

29 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils · 100% granted

Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.

See their track record

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

9 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

Open the documents

What this grant of permission means

Cardiff granted permission on 18 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within five years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About tree works applications

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

In Cardiff

  • 26/01884/WTCA Awaiting decision

    4 Cefn Coed Road Cyncoed Cardiff CF23 6AQ

    G1 Conifer hedge L shape in rear garden, trim top and garden side to tidy. G2 Mixed species running along side boundary, Crown lift/prune back to clear roof/gutter by 1 metre vertical clearance (higher canopy above roof not included) T1 Holm Oak in front garden - crown lift to 1.5metres above ground level G3 Mixed shrubs in front garden - trim top & garden side to tidy

    8 Sep 2026 Trees
  • 26/01616/WTTPFP Granted

    3 Woodvale Avenue Cyncoed Cardiff CF23 6SP

    Rear Garden of 3 Woodvale Avenue: - To fell T1 on the included survey table and leave the stump at 3m to retain some habitat value. Due to a basal cavity that extends from the south of the lower stem to the north, alongside an extensive colonisation of Pseudoinonotus dryadeus (Please see Photo T1 P1 in the included file). To potentially undertake a linear canopy reduction of the abutting T2 by 2/3m using natural target pruning compliant with BS3998 if left exposed post-removal.

    28 Jul 2026 Trees
  • 26/01895/WTCA Awaiting decision

    28 North Road Cathays Cardiff CF10 3DY

    The silver birch. Remove deadwood, sympathetically rebalance & prune crown to 50cm clearance from buildings.

    4 Sep 2026 Trees
  • 26/01903/WTCA Awaiting decision

    20 Conway Road Pontcanna Cardiff CF11 9NT

    T1 - HOLLY, FRONT GARDEN, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE FRONT BOUNDARY WALL. FELL TO AS CLOSE TO GROUND LEVEL AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE. THE TREE IS BIFURCATED INTO TWO SUBSTANTIAL STEMS AND CONTINUED GROWTH IS DISPLACING, CRACKING AND DETERIORATING THE ADJACENT MASONRY WALL. T2 - CONIFER, REAR GARDEN, CLOSE TO THE REAR/GARDEN BOUNDARY WALL. FELL TO AS CLOSE TO GROUND LEVEL AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE/PRESSURE TO THE ADJOINING WALL STRUCTURE.

    4 Sep 2026 Trees
  • 26/01902/WTCA Awaiting decision

    Bryn-y-pin 3 Fairwater Road Llandaff Cardiff CF5 2LD

    Pruning of large Magnolia tree in garden of 3 Fairwater Road, bordering Maynard Court. Please see ground plan and pictures of proposed work attached. The Magnolia is nearly blocking the pavement which may hamper the elderly residents of Maynard Court as well as children using the pavement. The Magnolia requires pruning in the manner indicated in the pictures.

    3 Sep 2026 Trees