{"id":472298,"date":"2026-03-12T22:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/472298\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T22:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:52:08","slug":"plans-for-wales-tallest-building-in-cardiff-given-green-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/472298\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for Wales&#8217; tallest building in Cardiff given green light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The site, which is located between Wood Street and Rose Lane, secured planning permission for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-65848738\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">35-storey mixed-use tower in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The new development will include 528 apartments, lounges, dining rooms, co-working areas, a cinema, gym and spa, alongside a separate two-storey pavilion building next to it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/lnp\/ldrs\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Local Democracy Reporting Service said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In planning documents to Cardiff Council, applicant REAP 3 Limited, a subsidiary of Bluecastle Capital, said the design had taken &#8220;tonal references&#8221; from nearby buildings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;White Portland stone features on several of Cardiff&#8217;s significant civic buildings and many of the taller city centre buildings feature light tonal fa\u00e7ade elements. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Our fa\u00e7ade and material proposals must sit comfortably within the city context and also provide a well mannered fa\u00e7ade when viewed from a distance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Project 5Plus Architects said parts of the fa\u00e7ade would also feature &#8220;subtle references to Welsh Celtic symbols&#8221; that drew inspiration from the country&#8217;s &#8220;rich visual heritage and identity&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The site, which is located between Wood Street and Rose Lane, secured planning permission for a 35-storey mixed-use&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-472298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}