{"id":20452,"date":"2018-03-14T12:54:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T12:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=20452"},"modified":"2018-03-14T16:30:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T16:30:24","slug":"mosque-plans-to-be-rejected-for-third-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/mosque-plans-to-be-rejected-for-third-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosque plans could be rejected for third time"},"content":{"rendered":"

A planning application to build a mosque in Cardiff is expected to be rejected for a third time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is feared the project would increase traffic congestion on Sanatorium Road, Canton, should it go ahead.<\/p>\n

The Ahmadiyya Muslim community want to convert its current building into a two-storey mosque with a dome.<\/p>\n

But Kaleem Ahmed from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association rejected allegations that the mosque would cause traffic problems.<\/p>\n

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“We are a peaceful community who are mindful of our neighbours’ rights,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The propoganda about the mosque causing traffic is completely false.<\/p>\n

“I’m sure that the neighbours can vouch that there has never been a traffic situation due to the gatherings we have regularly held.”<\/p>\n

The building was originally an industrial unit until the community purchased it two years ago and they already use it as a mosque.<\/p>\n

The proposed site is near Ysgol Treganna Primary School and several businesses.<\/p>\n

Some of those businesses do not think the mosque will add to traffic problems in the area. Joe Timmins, director of Aspire Gym said: “The council are building 800 new homes at the end of this road. I’m not entirely sure what difference a mosque will make.”<\/p>\n

Head teacher of Ysgol Treganna Rhys Harries said: “I’m concerned about the traffic outside my school, not specifically the mosque but anything that adds to traffic.”<\/p>\n

Councillors say that 500 people have signed a petition against the application.<\/p>\n

Labour councillor for Canton, Stephen Cunnah said: “I’ll be attending the planning committee tomorrow to object to this application because I think it’s the wrong location and the wrong time to expand a development of this sort.<\/p>\n

“You’ve got vulnerable people nearby, doctors and school children. There’s already a lot of congestion and residents have lots of problems parking.”<\/p>\n

The application goes before Cardiff council\u2019s planning committee on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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A planning application to build a mosque in Cardiff is expected to be rejected for a third time. It is feared the project would increase traffic congestion on Sanatorium Road, Canton, should it go ahead. The Ahmadiyya Muslim community want to convert its current building into a two-storey mosque with a dome. But Kaleem Ahmed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[743,744,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20452"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20452"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20593,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20452\/revisions\/20593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}