DWD is delighted to have secured a resolution to grant planning permission and listed building consent from Cardiff City Council at planning committee for a new teaching building for Cardiff Sixth Form College (CSFC) in Cardiff Bay.
CSFC is part of Dukes Education Group Limited which was founded in 2015 and is a family of nurseries and schools and colleges in the UK. CSFC has been the top school in the UK for A Level results over the past 11 years and is one of the top A Level schools in the world.
The Site is currently occupied by the historic Grade II listed buildings, Merchant Place and Cory’s Buildings. The proposals comprise the sensitive conversion and restoration of the Grade II listed buildings, including the change of use to an educational facility, and a new eight storey building to the rear within the existing courtyard. The new development will provide the majority of the educational facilities and teaching space for the College for up to 500 pupils, including classrooms and science labs, amenity space, a large hall, canteen and a large auditorium space on the top floor.
The proposals with, significant investment from CSFC, will reintroduce a viable use to the site which for many years has been vacant and dilapidated. The new College will add significant footfall into the Bay area and help to support local business, as well as revitalising activity on the ground floor of these prominent buildings.
DWD led on the planning from pre-application stage through to planning committee which included extensive pre-application engagement with Cardiff Council, and community consultation which included a successful public consultation event in Cardiff, which was well attended, and the proposals were positively received. DWD worked closely with the consultant team, particularly Expedite who provided project management, architecture and design and mechanical and engineering services to support the project.
Cardiff Sixth Form College and DWD are continuing to work in collaboration with Cardiff City Council to deliver a new boarding accommodation building for the College on a nearby Site on Pierhead Street which will provide boarding space for 400 students. For more information, please contact Emma Penson or Harriet Swale.