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"Save Llandaff Meadow"

The website gives precious little information but the poster is popping up all over Llandaff. Is this fiction, rumour or truth? Does anyone have any info?

http://www.savellandaffmeadow.co.uk/

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

I am senior partner at Oxford law firm Savell and Affmeadow. We have taken advice, are taking action and have instructed our intellectual property brief as this website clearly diminishes our identity and infringes on our name.

See you in court.

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Yawn. Not funny.

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Random Comment
Yawn. Not funny.


Do you yawn when you find something unfunny? How very affected, darling.. Do you clap your hands excitedly in Pizza Express when your tweaked Salade Nicoise arrives at the table?

I'm betting that you do! x

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Charles Savell
Random Comment
Yawn. Not funny.


Do you yawn when you find something unfunny? How very affected, darling.. Do you clap your hands excitedly in Pizza Express when your tweaked Salade Nicoise arrives at the table?

I'm betting that you do! x


We have a live wire here

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

To be honest, I'd like to see Cardiff Met consolidate its campuses at Llandaff, close down Cyncoed and be absorbed into the University of South Wales in the not so distant future

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

I cant normally get excited by Nimbyism like this, but in this case it seems unneccesary development considering the huge amount of sport fields and facilities available just the other side of Western Avenue (and closer to the campus as well).

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Tallsmurf
I cant normally get excited by Nimbyism like this, but in this case it seems unneccesary development considering the huge amount of sport fields and facilities available just the other side of Western Avenue (and closer to the campus as well).


Have you read the article? Sounds like scaremongering to me. They want to drain the meadow (its next to a river so I would have thought it would be pretty well drained as it is) and they may want to build a sports complex. Not for definite though. What is Feinstein is that they want to cut the grass and mark out a football pitch.

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Jantra
Tallsmurf
I cant normally get excited by Nimbyism like this, but in this case it seems unneccesary development considering the huge amount of sport fields and facilities available just the other side of Western Avenue (and closer to the campus as well).


They want to drain the meadow (its next to a river so I would have thought it would be pretty well drained as it is)


Science isn't your forté, is it?

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Charles Savell
Jantra
Tallsmurf
I cant normally get excited by Nimbyism like this, but in this case it seems unneccesary development considering the huge amount of sport fields and facilities available just the other side of Western Avenue (and closer to the campus as well).


They want to drain the meadow (its next to a river so I would have thought it would be pretty well drained as it is)


Science isn't your forté, is it?


are you suggesting the water doesn't drain in to the nearby river then?

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Careful, Charles. It may be a trick question!

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Jeremiah Affmeadow
Careful, Charles. It may be a trick question!


Yes Jeremiah. I must proceed with caution. My finely-honed legal mind must consider this conundrum with the utmost clarity.

I believe, that, unless some dastard has lined the Taff with concrete or aluminium, that the river's water may actually leak or overflow into this low-lying piece of land creating what I will call, if I may, a 'water meadow' on the flood plain.

This may be why Cardiff Met Uni are planning to drain the meadow for their development.

I blame the socialist Welsh government for allowing this watery travesty to occur. Bring back the birch for all who are found guilty!

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

I'm getting old - I can no longer differentiate between what is fact and what is fiction.

I thought this was a wind up but it's real if the link below is anything to go by!

http://www.cardiffcivicsociety.org/llandafffields.html

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

I think the two websites refer to different potential developments, one about a Cardiff Met expansion (meadow) and the other about a rugby club expansion (field). Both contain limited info though so I could be wrong.

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

I thought the meadow was above water level. I can't see how the river can drain upwards? definitely a troll

edit: the meadow is an old landfill site and not really a place of natural beauty. it is man made. the NIMBYs kept that quiet.

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Jantra
I thought the meadow was above water level. I can't see how the river can drain upwards? definitely a troll

edit: the meadow is an old landfill site and not really a place of natural beauty. it is man made. the NIMBYs kept that quiet.


You should write to Cardiff Met Uni and tell them that they don't need to drain this piece of land as it is above water-level. I am convinced that they will value your input as highly as everyone on this forum does.

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Charles Savell
Jantra
I thought the meadow was above water level. I can't see how the river can drain upwards? definitely a troll

edit: the meadow is an old landfill site and not really a place of natural beauty. it is man made. the NIMBYs kept that quiet.


You should write to Cardiff Met Uni and tell them that they don't need to drain this piece of land as it is above water-level. I am convinced that they will value your input as highly as everyone on this forum does.


you're attributing words to me that aren't mine. my post was in response to your claim that the river could flood the meadow. it can't as the meadow is the higher ground.

as it stands there are pitches already on the meadow so it sounds to me if they just want to improve the drainage to the standard you have on most municipal pitches

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One would have to be very naive indeed not to think that UWIC (or as that fount of learning is now called, Cardiff Met) would like to get their hands on the meadow. And I suspect the playing fields idea is just a ruse anyway....propose something that’s perhaps not TOO shocking , i.e. keeps it vaguely green, but which longer term provides a foot in the door for ( some more crappy)buildings. I think this is about building, not playing fields. UWIC is on a tight site and is an expansionary bureaucracy.

The truly shocking thing is that I also suspect the Cathedral would connive in this if they were able to get a car park out of it. The Cathedral seems to think that the main reason why people do not turn up to worship in large numbers is because it’s difficult to park.

So there is a pincer movement between pretend academics and deluded clerics, presided over by a council with a provincial “amenity” mindset. So take it very seriously.

And can people here try to stop referring to Nimby- ism. It’s tedious, and a substitute for thought and debate on the merits/demerits of any proposal (including this one).


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URBANO, you have been missed (ahem). Anyway, whilst I agree that "NIMBY" is sometimes thrown around as a thoughtless insult that closes down debate, and is sometimes a misnomer (sometimes people BANANAs), I think it is a useful way of understanding many peoples reactions to development, which is often driven by quite narrow self-interest. And people characterised as NIMBYs generally are the party less willing to engage in constructive debate about development, and its pros and cons.

And the old URBANO didn't believe in planning in any case, so would moan, but would have believed the landowner could sell it to UWIC and UWIC then do what it likes with the land. I always thought that seemed very strange juxtaposed next to strong criticisms of particular planning approvals, but alas, who am I to ask for a bit of consistency in arguments?

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Jantra
my post was in response to your claim that the river could flood the meadow. it can't as the meadow is the higher ground.


You do know that rivers can rise and fall, don't you? I seem to recall examples of the river Taff floding "higher ground"!

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Thanks for that generous comment. Good of you. I always respected you as a person and a vigorous debater.I hope you are getting on well. I'm sure you are.

We all have a range of motives in espousing our views. But that does not (self evidently) justify characterising one's opponent's views as flawed because one(unilaterally)characterises them as motivated by "self interest" (whatever that means, exactly,). That's why the NIMBY reference is lazy and tedious.

The old ( and current) URBANO would say (and does say) that "planning" should ( in an ideal world)have nothing to do with the debate. Unfortunately, it will. And as I say we have a Council(which has the "planning" powers) with an embarrassingly provincial fixation on "amenity" ( a truly frightening word in this context)

When one then adds the motivation of the clowns on either side( i.e.UWIC and the Cathedral) it's really very difficult indeed to see anything good coming out of this.

Which was basically my point.

Its just a view. But at least I'm expressing one, and inviting a response, rather than calling everyone nimby haters.

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Hi URBANO, welcome back.

Have you been lurking all the while ? It's been a while since you posted on here.

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Kyle
Hi URBANO, welcome back.

Have you been lurking all the while ? It's been a while since you posted on here.


he has posted a few times in the past couple of years, but other than that I think he's a passing observer.

NB agreed - welcome back. one of the intellectual heavyweights of CWM has returned

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Thanks, Kyle and Jantra. Just lurking now and again. I've been tempted to defend Jantra on one or two occasions, but he's well capable of doing that himself!

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Jantra
Charles Savell
Jantra
as it stands there are pitches already on the meadow so it sounds to me if they just want to improve the drainage to the standard you have on most municipal pitches


There is no pitch on Llandaff Meadow. The meadow is separated from the rugby pitch by a tree lined footpath which has been there for centuries (check out John Speed's 1610 map of Llandaff which shows it as a road and the ruined Archdeacon's Palace in what is now called the meadow).



I have made enquiries of my own and am awaiting information. I will post on here as soon as I have it.

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Oh my God....Jantra is speechless! That is a bad sign....

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idunno-y
Oh my God....Jantra is speechless! That is a bad sign....

I'm not sure why you'd say I am speechless? Anyway, I made the comments yesterday after reading this website. It says there are football pitches and so on.

NB I linked to this site as this was what came up when I googled 'Llandaff Meadow'. i haven't played at Hayley Park for years so don't really remember it.

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Jantra
idunno-y
Oh my God....Jantra is speechless! That is a bad sign....

I'm not sure why you'd say I am speechless? Anyway, I made the comments yesterday after reading this website. It says there are football pitches and so on.

NB I linked to this site as this was what came up when I googled 'Llandaff Meadow'. i haven't played at Hayley Park for years so don't really remember it.



Maybe you should have stayed speechless as you were utterly wrong.....AGAIN! Your research skills aren't your forté either by the looks of it.

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Charles Savell
Jantra
idunno-y
Oh my God....Jantra is speechless! That is a bad sign....

I'm not sure why you'd say I am speechless? Anyway, I made the comments yesterday after reading this website. It says there are football pitches and so on.

NB I linked to this site as this was what came up when I googled 'Llandaff Meadow'. i haven't played at Hayley Park for years so don't really remember it.



Maybe you should have stayed speechless as you were utterly wrong.....AGAIN! Your research skills aren't your forté either by the looks of it.


I didn't realise that using this forum was subject to an exam. That website says football pitches are used, hence why I made the statement I did.

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Jantra
Charles Savell
Jantra
idunno-y
Oh my God....Jantra is speechless! That is a bad sign....

I'm not sure why you'd say I am speechless? Anyway, I made the comments yesterday after reading this website. It says there are football pitches and so on.

NB I linked to this site as this was what came up when I googled 'Llandaff Meadow'. i haven't played at Hayley Park for years so don't really remember it.



Maybe you should have stayed speechless as you were utterly wrong.....AGAIN! Your research skills aren't your forté either by the looks of it.


I didn't realise that using this forum was subject to an exam. That website says football pitches are used, hence why I made the statement I did.


Wrong website, wrong piece of land, wrong side of the river. You are a wrong 'un!

One trolling thread started on here and one on CCMB.

Maybe you should try Cialis if the Viagra no longer works.

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Charles Savell
Jantra
Charles Savell
Jantra
idunno-y
Oh my God....Jantra is speechless! That is a bad sign....

I'm not sure why you'd say I am speechless? Anyway, I made the comments yesterday after reading this website. It says there are football pitches and so on.

NB I linked to this site as this was what came up when I googled 'Llandaff Meadow'. i haven't played at Hayley Park for years so don't really remember it.



Maybe you should have stayed speechless as you were utterly wrong.....AGAIN! Your research skills aren't your forté either by the looks of it.


I didn't realise that using this forum was subject to an exam. That website says football pitches are used, hence why I made the statement I did.


Wrong website, wrong piece of land, wrong side of the river. You are a wrong 'un!

One trolling thread started on here and one on CCMB.

Maybe you should try Cialis if the Viagra no longer works.


who is trolling? i googled Llandaff meadow and that site was top of the list. the site even mentions Llandaff meadow and has a subsection on it.

I used to play football at Hayley Park although was a long time ago. I can't remember the meadow at all but the website gives the impression that its part of the same site. I am only going off what I had read. you need to be less confrontational.

NB I am beginning to suspect certain posters such as Charles Savell are one and the same poster. you certainly have the same witty punchy prose style as b.leedingobvious and Mr Anonymous

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

I went for a walk with the family today and took in the Taff trail from hailey park to the bridge and back up to the cathedral. We had a little walk through the meadow (I'm assuming its the meadow next to the pitches). I can't see any reason to develop on this land. You'd never guess you were in a city, such peace and tranquility. Saying that the whole llandaff green / cathedral area is a little rural oasis in the urban city scape

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Lets build on it!

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Update:

The University claims that it is reinstating the meadow to its original use as a "playing field". This claim is spurious to say the least. There is no evidence (so far available anyway) that the area was ever used as playing fields. The evidence available on its history is as follows:

- it housed the medieval Archdeacon's Palace (now no more) but evidenced by John Speed's 1610 map and other documents.
- it was where the river Taff flowed until the 19th century when construction of the Weir shifted the route northward
- it was a floodplain/marshland
- during and for a few decades after World War II it was used as allotments
- it is home to several species of bat (investigated during 2013 by Cardiff Bat Group) as well as other wildlife
- it is believed that it was under the ownership of the local authority prior to its transfer to the university (then Cardiff Institute) in 1992 under the Further and Higher Education Act, possibly because prior to that it had been designated as "recreation ground".
- whatever the legal ins and outs of the action proposed, as Jantra says, it is an aesthetic rural setting for the Cathedral.

Here is the article in Wales Online: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/row-over-plans-sports-ground-5839874

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Take at look at the planning permission here

http://planning.cardiff.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=_CARDIFF_DCAPR_105554

Meadow they want to turn into a footy pitch is boggy as well so not drained at all

Note its not on/part of Hailey Park - the meadow there is in Llandaff North not Llandaff

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

No permission has been granted, but an application is sitting with Cardiff Council.

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I repeat.....

"One would have to be very naive indeed not to think that UWIC (or as that fount of learning is now called, Cardiff Met) would like to get their hands on the meadow. And I suspect the playing fields idea is just a ruse anyway....propose something that’s perhaps not TOO shocking , i.e. keeps it vaguely green, but which longer term provides a foot in the door for ( some more crappy)buildings. I think this is about building, not playing fields. UWIC is on a tight site and is an expansionary bureaucracy.

The truly shocking thing is that I also suspect the Cathedral would connive in this if they were able to get a car park out of it. The Cathedral seems to think that the main reason why people do not turn up to worship in large numbers is because it’s difficult to park.

So there is a pincer movement between pretend academics and deluded clerics, presided over by a council with a provincial “amenity” mindset. So take it very seriously."

Is anyone in favour of this proposal(and ,crucially, its long term implications)? Is anyone against? In either case, why?

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

The complete lack of response here does tend to underline my point that many on this forum have become so trapped by their NIMBY mantra/reflex that they are now incapable of addressing the merits /demerits of certain proposals.

And it's not as if anyone can say this is a trivial issue, involving as it does development next to one of Britain's most ancient Christian sites, visited by lots of people from all over the world.

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URBANO
The complete lack of response here does tend to underline my point that many on this forum have become so trapped by their NIMBY mantra/reflex that they are now incapable of addressing the merits /demerits of certain proposals.

And it's not as if anyone can say this is a trivial issue, involving as it does development next to one of Britain's most ancient Christian sites, visited by lots of people from all over the world.


After being accused of Nimbyism over the awful LDP I can't be bothered to debate with people on here. Good luck, for example, getting to UHW via Western Avenue once the extra 41000 houses have been built. I find it highly ironic that on the day the LDP was adopted the Welsh Government launched its Cardiff City Region.

Surely the point of having a city region was to develop a strategy for the region. As someone who attended all of the public consultation sessions I know that the officers dislike the plan and that they know that Cardiff's transport, health and education infrastructure will not cope with the 30% increase in population in the next 12 years.


Llandaf meadow should be protected but it is a very small issue compared to the LDP.

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Dingo

Where do you think the increase in population should be housed?

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B. Lee Dingobvious
URBANO
The complete lack of response here does tend to underline my point that many on this forum have become so trapped by their NIMBY mantra/reflex that they are now incapable of addressing the merits /demerits of certain proposals.

And it's not as if anyone can say this is a trivial issue, involving as it does development next to one of Britain's most ancient Christian sites, visited by lots of people from all over the world.


After being accused of Nimbyism over the awful LDP I can't be bothered to debate with people on here. Good luck, for example, getting to UHW via Western Avenue once the extra 41000 houses have been built. I find it highly ironic that on the day the LDP was adopted the Welsh Government launched its Cardiff City Region.

Surely the point of having a city region was to develop a strategy for the region. As someone who attended all of the public consultation sessions I know that the officers dislike the plan and that they know that Cardiff's transport, health and education infrastructure will not cope with the 30% increase in population in the next 12 years.


Llandaf meadow should be protected but it is a very small issue compared to the LDP.


a) the LDP has not been adopted - it has been approved by Cardiff Council for consultation, after which it will be submitted to the WG, after which it will be examined by an Inspector, after which it will be adopted

b) whilst it may make sense to have a regional strategy ahead of the LDP, the LDP is needed now (or as soon as possible). Cardiff's adopted development plan dates from 1996 and is out of date. Further delays, whether to wait for a city-region plan or for any other reason, would lead to 'planning by appeal', piecemeal development and would not be condusive to good planning.

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As for this development, I've not seen the application documents yet and would reserve judgement until I had.

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Jantra
Dingo

Where do you think the increase in population should be housed?


It's an interesting question but not a straight-forward one.

I'm pretty agnostic on the new LDP. If you believe the population estimates and that people's housing preferences will remain pretty much unchanged then the areas identified for development are reasonable.

If, on the other hand, you believed that greenfield sites were sacred and adopted a plan which restricted development to brownfield sites one of two things would happen. Either the population growth wouldn't happen or the market would drive an increase in apartment living both in new developments and by the sub-division of existing properties.

Essentialy these are political choices. My own view is that there is no pressing need to overly restrict greenfield developments provided the transport provision can be got right - but the market could provide accomodation for the increased population in a different way if necessity dictated.

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I smell Troll!

Don't feed it.

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Not telling you
I smell Troll!

Don't feed it.


If you're talking about me - I think my record on this message board suggests otherwise.

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

There is now a Facebook site for the campaign to save it:

https://www.facebook.com/llandaffmeadow

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Ash
Not telling you
I smell Troll!

Don't feed it.


If you're talking about me - I think my record on this message board suggests otherwise.


No I'm not talking about you ash

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

Report on the campaign so far, goes before committee next month:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/llandaff-meadow-football-pitch-row-6238068

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I don't really see what the problem is with the proposal.

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If/when this is rejected how quickly will they say let us have the development on Llandaff Fields then?

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A letter in todays "Echo" with photograph from a Dr Marsden claims to prove that there were sports pitches on the meadow when Llandaff Tech opened in the 1950's. As I see it the photo merely shows the area where the existing rugby pitch is and not the meadow beyond the footpath.

Re: "Save Llandaff Meadow"

This was up for consideration at the latest Planning Committee - does anyone know the outcome ?
Interestingly the Echo is now reporting that suggestions are being put forward for a footbridge across the taff on this site.

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