{"id":42314,"date":"2025-03-04T16:58:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42314"},"modified":"2025-03-04T16:58:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:58:49","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-developer-plans-to-break-the-law-to-save-part-of-wales-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42314","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Developer plans to break the law to save part of Wales\u2019 heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cardiff_-_Coal_Exchange_-_20220811202441_Ferdi2005_Commons_Wiki_040325.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cardiff_-_Coal_Exchange_-_20220811202441_Ferdi2005_Commons_Wiki_040325.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42315\" style=\"width:275px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cardiff_-_Coal_Exchange_-_20220811202441_Ferdi2005_Commons_Wiki_040325.png 509w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cardiff_-_Coal_Exchange_-_20220811202441_Ferdi2005_Commons_Wiki_040325-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><sub><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Cardiff_-Coal_Exchange-_20220811202441.jpeg\">The Coal Exchange, Cardiff<\/a> by Ferdi2005, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The owner of one of Wales\u2019 most iconic buildings says he is likely to find himself having to commit a criminal offence in order to save it, reports <em>Nation Cymru.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nation Cymru<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ashley Govier\u2019s company\u2026 bought the freehold of the Coal Exchange in Cardiff Bay\u2026 in February 2023. While the main part of the Grade II* listed building has been a hotel for several years, the fabric of its north side has deteriorated to a point where it is partly derelict and in a perilous condition\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now Mr Govier is working on a plan he believes would secure the Coal Exchange\u2019s future. But for the plan to succeed, he says he will probably have to break the law\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Govier said the plan was to take the building up by four or five storeys so it had some visibility in the city&#8230; Revenue from between 60 and 70 new apartments would provide funding to preserve the building for the next 100 years\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 Mr Govier said he would apply for public funding&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/news\/developer-plans-to-break-the-law-to-save-part-of-wales-heritage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For background see the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42162\">IHBC NewsBlog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: The Coal Exchange, Cardiff by Ferdi2005, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The owner of one of Wales\u2019 most iconic buildings says he is likely to find himself having to commit a criminal offence in order to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42314\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,18,9,29,16],"class_list":["post-42314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-government","tag-heritage","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42316,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42314\/revisions\/42316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}