{"id":389376,"date":"2026-04-20T21:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/389376\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T21:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:49:13","slug":"cardiff-gym-given-permission-to-open-24-hours-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/389376\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff gym given permission to open 24 hours a day"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Health and fitness centres are inherently low-impact uses during late-night and early-morning periods’\"An<\/p>\n

Riverside Leisure Club(Image: Google)<\/p>\n

A Cardiff leisure centre is now allowed to operate 24 hours a day after consent from the city council. Riverside Leisure club in Splott has been granted permission to allow access to the public for 24 hours a day seven days a week after Cardiff<\/a> Council agreed to dispose of a previous condition.<\/p>\n

Previous planning permission given to the leisure centre contained a condition which read: \u201cThe premises shall not be open to the public or private members between 11.30pm and 6.30am.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reason given for this was \u201cto ensure that the use of the premises does not prejudice the amenities of the area\u201d. Never miss a Cardiff story by signing up to our daily newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now the club has successfully disposed of this condition to allow for full-time access to the public.<\/p>\n

The application reads: \u201cHealth and fitness centres are inherently low-impact uses during late-night and early-morning periods.\u201d<\/p>\n

It continues: \u201cActivity levels outside peak daytime and evening hours are typically limited with reduced visitor numbers and quieter forms of use.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe premises has operated successfully as a leisure facility for many years and the proposed variation does not introduce any materially different use or intensity beyond that already established.\u201d<\/p>\n

The application acknowledged the reason for the former condition but argued that since the original permission, given in 2000, circumstances had changed.<\/p>\n

Two of these changes are that \u201cthe surrounding area has continued to evolve as a mixed-use environment\u201d and \u201cmodern management practices, building standards, and operational controls now allow 24-hour leisure uses to operate without undue impact\u201d.<\/p>\n

Other conditions like restrictions on amplified music and boundary treatments remain in place.<\/p>\n

No changes are proposed to the existing parking and access arrangements.<\/p>\n

The application reads: \u201cLate-night and early-morning usage is expected to be spread over time with limited vehicle movements and no peak-hour congestion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis pattern aligns with typical 24-hour gym operations and does not result in highway or safety concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n

The application calls removing the previous condition a \u201cmodest and reasonable variation\u201d that would \u201creflect modern operational practices for health and fitness facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

It said it also represents a \u201csustainable and efficient use of an established leisure facility\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Health and fitness centres are inherently low-impact uses during late-night and early-morning periods’ Riverside Leisure Club(Image: Google) A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[25539,201533,565,134,111,139,69,201534],"class_list":{"0":"post-389376","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-cardiff","9":"tag-cardiff-council","10":"tag-fitness","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-splott"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}