Former hotel set to house homeless despite local opposition

CARDIFF council has approved controversial plans to repurpose a former city hotel into supported accommodation for the homeless despite a huge backlash from local residents and businesses.

- LEWIS SMITH

The plans will see the former 157-bedroom Ibis hotel on Tyndall Street granted a temporary change of use to operate as supported accommodation for 98 people with use of a communal kitchen, dining and lounge facilities.

The approval was given by council bosses at a planning committee meeting held on Thursday, and will allow for the change of use for a period of up to three years.

The Butetown property is based close to the centre of Cardiff, near to a Novotel Hotel to the east and student accommodation and offices to the north on the opposite side of Tyndall Street.