Plasdwr


Plasdwr is the name given to a planned new suburb of approximately 7,000 homes in the north of Cardiff, Wales. Construction by lead developer Redrow Homes started in 2017.

Background

Plans were submitted in December 2014 for "Plasdwr" which was to be created on 900 acres of countryside owned by the Plymouth Estates between the village of St Fagans and existing Cardiff suburbs of Fairwater, Danescourt and Radyr. An area of what is now part of Fairwater was previously known as Waterhall.
The plans included approximately 7,000 homes plus infrastructure including five schools, offices and shops and leisure facilities. The scheme is being marketed by developer Redrow Homes as a "21st century garden city". Planning approval was granted for the first 630 homes in February 2016, after Cardiff Council had approved the city's Local Development Plan which envisaged 40,000 new homes being built across Cardiff by 2026. Planning permission was granted for the remainder of the scheme in March 2017, the largest planning application ever considered by the local authority.
Redrow has been asked to pay £28 million towards improved transport infrastructure.

Construction

Building work started on the first 126 homes on land north of Llantrisant Road at Easter 2017. In January 2018 a 16 acre 'show village' was unveiled. Thirty houses had already been sold and occupants had moved into six of them. Completion of the whole scheme is expected to take 20 years.
The last remaining farm in the area, Maes-y-llech Farm adjacent to Llantrisant Road, was subject of legal action in 2018 by the Earl of Plymouth to evict the tenant farmers from the land. They protested by painting 'sad face' emojis on their hay bales.