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Principality House The Friary Cathays Cardiff CF10 3HX

25/02366/FULFull Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use of existing building from office (Class B1) to co-living residential accommodation with associated internal and external alterations including new ninth floor for amenity use, lift and stairwell extensions, front enclosure, terrace infills, and reconfiguration of basement for car and cycle parking. Existing retail unit to be retained and provision of a ground floor commercial unit (Use Classes A1/A2/A3/B1).

Received
15 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
CATHAYS
Agent
Expedite Planning Ltd
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 13 May.

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Principality House The Friary Cathays Cardiff CF10 3HX. Cardiff has handled 3,084 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 October 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across CATHAYS. We hold 331 applications in total for the CF10 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Cardiff Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CF10 3HX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2025
Consultation expiry
21 May 2026
Consultation start
22 April 2026
Consultation end
13 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
27 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 May 2026
Last date for comments
21 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Expedite Planning Ltd
Agent address
8 Village Way Greenmeadows Springs Business Park Cardiff CF15 7NE

Publicity

Last advertised
30 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
21 May 2026
Site notice start
24 April 2026
Site notice end
15 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14266877
Documents
124
Constraints
104

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Cardiff

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