WHAT RADYR RESIDENTS THINK

Gail Davis-Walsh is the owner of an iconic Grade II-listed thatched cottage on the outskirts of Radyr.

Her home is said to be the design inspiration for the Queen’s dolls house.

Gail and her family moved into ‘The Thatch’ a year ago, right next to the northern end of the Plasdwr site.

She says: “I bought it on the back of an outline planning approval, however, which has now been changed significantly.

“The outline planning permission approval included the building on the field, but it actually included substantial protection of this property because it’s listed, which meant that a zone of no building was designated in front of the house.

“One of the reasons this house is listed is because it is supposed to mark the entrance to Radyr.

“We’ve just recently objected to the revised planning approval because the proposal now is to put properties in front of the house. I think we will lose this property as the entrance to Radyr now because there’s things like three-storey flats going in.”

Mrs Davies-Walsh, originally from Yorkshire, is also worried about how the new housing will impact on traffic.

She says: “I don’t think there are any positives to the development. I accept that there is a need for more housing, but I think we can provide it in a different way and my frustration is that nothing’s been done about traffic and the infrastructure.

“For example, the park-and-ride has been built down in Radyr and that’s already full and there’s no houses been built yet, so how these people are going to get into Cardiff is beyond me.

“Llantrisant Road is already stationary in the mornings. How do they think the traffic is going to cope, the trains are already jam-packed in the morning?”