Cardiff tower OK’d despite local politicians tearing into design

By Dave Rogers2021-11-04T06:00:00

Galliford Try to build 30-storey block panned for ‘lack of architectural quality’

Galliford Try will start work next year on a controversial tower in the middle of Cardiff that was given the green light this week despite the local MP and the deputy leader of the council which gave it the OK ripping into the quality of its design.

Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens wrote to the city’s head of planning in the summer to complain about the AHR-designed scheme which will be home to more than 270 build-to-rent flats.

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