Planning application
Cardiff University Redwood Building King Edward Vii Avenue Cathays Cardiff CF10 3NB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Decommissioning and removing power and cooling infrastructure entirely. Stripping out cabling back to the main switch and cooling pipework back to the 3 external chiller units in the courtyard and stripping these and removing them from the site. Only impact on building structure itself will be where needed to make good penetrations where cables & pipework pass through masonry.
As published by the council, reference 26/01215/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01215/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permission Granted
- Received
- 11 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 11 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 19 Aug 2026
- Ward
- CATHAYS
- Decision by
- Delegated OM (Major & GL)
- Postcode
- CF10 3NB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Jun 2026
Received by Cardiff
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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19 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Permission Granted
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
- OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION
- LISTED BUILDING CONSENT - GRANTED
- IBSTOCK ANGLIAN BEACON SAHARA BRICK SAMPLE
- HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR REDWOOD DC
- PRESS NOTICE 09/07/2026
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- DECOMMISSIONING OF EQUIPMENT
- BUILDING WORKS - NEW CEILINGS & DECORATION
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES PROPOSED ELECTRICAL SERVICES
- MECHNICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES PROPOSED STRIP-OUT & REMOVAL WORKS
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ACCESS STATEMENT
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Cardiff granted permission on 19 August 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.
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