House of the Future at the Museum of Welsh Life. Photo: Chris Brown
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Cardiff Friends of the Earth takes action to support appropriate development and oppose unsustainable planning applications. In making decisions on applications among other things we look at:
- The size of the development
- location
- affect on transport
- design
- the construction materials used
- if it incorporates renewable energy
- if it has water conservation measures
- energy usage and
- landscaping.
Latest News
Llannishen Reservoir Action Group Update
The public inquiry for the reservoirs was originally scheduled to start on 31st October. However, we received a letter from the Welsh Assembly Government Planning Inspectorate at the beginning of
September telling us that Western Power's Third application has now been referred to the assembly and that therefore they have decided to cancel the inquiry, and presumably schedule another one to
consider both application sometime in 2007. We thought the inquiry had been cancelled, but last week Western Power lodged an objection to the cancellation and insisted that the original inquiry
should go ahead. The Planning Inspectorate refused, claiming that having two separate inquiries would be a waste of public resources. Now Western Power have taken them to court, and there is
expected to be a judicial review of the Planning Inspectorates decision this Wednesday (20th September). If Western Power are successful, the inquiry will go ahead as originally planned.
We think that Western Power want multiple inquiries as they know that our financial resources will be completely exhausted by the first, and that they will be able to fight any subsequent inquiry
without much opposition. Whilst all this is going on the Fourth Application is still in front of the Council. We believe that this might come up at the Planning Meeting on 18th October. Western
Power are hoping that this application will be approved by the Council. Please write to the planning authority to help defeat this application. (Guidance here soon)