Plans to replace former Lansdowne Hospital in Cardiff with affordable housing

There are plans to replace a former fire-damaged Cardiff hospital with over 100 new affordable homes.

The Lansdowne Hospital, off Sanatorium Road, formerly known as Cardiff Sanatorium, has lain empty since community healthcare services and health board offices were moved off the site.

In April last year a large fire broke out which almost completely destroyed the roof on the old derelict hospital building.

Now Hafod, an affordable housing provider, has drawn up plans for the development of a new sustainable residential community on the site.

The plans include 106 energy efficient homes made up of 44 houses and 62 apartments, as well as plenty of green space for residents to enjoy.

There are plans to build more than 100 homes at the former Lansdowne Hospital (Hafod)

The plans also retain the former doctors house, which will provide community space for both the new residents and wider community to use.

Parts of the old hospital building are more than 100 years old. At the beginning of 2019, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board agreed to sell the abandoned site. Lansdowne, also known as the City Isolation Hospital, was built in 1895. The site was valued at £2.35m.

The plans include a mix of housing types, divided between 44 houses and 62 apartments (Hafod)

The plans include green space for the residents to enjoy (Hafod)

Hafod says it would like to hear peoples' views on their draft plans, ahead of submitting a planning application to Cardiff Council later this year.

In a newsletter produced by the developer, it says: "The scheme is designed to offer accommodation to support people through different stages of their lives."

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The four-acre site is accessed via Sanatorium Road and the draft plans say it won't have a "noticeable impact" on current traffic levels. It's planned to create 66 car parking spaces integrated into the layout of the scheme, for use by residents and staff, limiting any need for off-site parking impacting local residents.

A shared pedestrian and cycle path is also being proposed through the site, connecting it with the nearby Ely Trail.

Full information about the proposals, including all draft planning documents, can be found online: www.asbriplanning.co.uk/statutory-pre-applicationconsultation.