People campaigning against plans for a new cancer hospital in Whitchurch hope city councillors will rule in their favour at a meeting today.
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Cardiff City Council’s Planning Committee will make a decision this afternoon on whether to give planning permission for a new Velindre Cancer Centre.<\/p>\n
The development would be built on meadow land (pictured) in Whitchurch, Cardiff.<\/p>\n
But local opinion is split over the 42 bed facility.<\/p>\n
Some residents are unhappy at the damage to wildlife the building work will bring to the meadow.<\/p>\n
There are also fears over the congestion it will bring to the Whitchurch area.<\/p>\n
Whitchurch and Tongwynlais councillors Timothy Davies, Linda Morgan and Mike Phillips have raised an objection to the plans.<\/p>\n
They say they are concerned over “loss of green space to permanent development that goes much further than the existing permissions.”<\/p>\n
But others say that the facility will allow cancer sufferers to be treated in one place, rather than being dispersed around South Wales for different treatments.<\/p>\n
Writing in the South Wales Echo, Julie Williams AM said that the existing hospital in Whitchurch needed replacing.<\/p>\n
“With more people being diagnosed and treated for cancer than ever before, it has outgrown this site and needs modernising.”<\/p>\n
If permission is given, the hospital could be open by September 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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