Green light for Cardiff multi-storey scheme

Plans for a new bus station, 22-storey apartment block, offices and shop units in Cardiff have been approved by the city authorities.

The 14-stand interchange will be built on the former Marland House car park next to the old bus station. A tower of 305 flats will be built in Wood Street, with a nine-storey block in Marland Street and an office block at the adjacent Saunders Road.

The project is being delivered by the Metro Delivery Partnership, made up of Cardiff council, the Welsh Government, property development firm Richtacres and Network Rail.

Welsh Economy Secretary Ken Skates said the Welsh Government wanted to create a “world-class” integrated metro transport system that would “be a spark for inclusive economic growth right across the wider region”.

He said the Cardiff scheme was key to this goal, which is why it had bought the site.

“Proactive Welsh Government support of this kind to stimulate strategic transport interchange sites and help attract wider investment is a model I’m exploring in other areas of Wales, too,” he said.

The bus station project was originally due to open last year but due to changes in the wider plans the project will now be completed in 2021.