{"id":35658,"date":"2026-06-04T19:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/watkin-jones-green-light-for-cardiff-33-storey-co-living-tower\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T19:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:22:14","slug":"watkin-jones-green-light-for-cardiff-33-storey-co-living-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/watkin-jones-green-light-for-cardiff-33-storey-co-living-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Watkin Jones green light for Cardiff 33-storey co-living tower"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The build-to-rent specialist has received a resolution to grant planning permission for the Custom House Street scheme, subject to completion of a Section 106 agreement.<\/p>\n

Formal planning permission is expected in late summer.<\/p>\n

The 33-storey project will regenerate a long-vacant city centre site close to Cardiff Central Station and St David\u2019s Shopping Centre. An originally planned 42-storey student accommodaton tower was approved in 2016 but stalled due to challenging market circumstances and shifting demand.<\/p>\n

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This led the student accommodation and build to rent developer to recast the scheme as co-living allowing a drop in height.<\/p>\n

The tower will include 400 fully-furnished co-living studios with shared kitchens, dining areas, lounges, fitness facilities and landscaped communal areas.<\/p>\n

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Three-storey arched brick plinth to create human-scale link to public realm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Watkin Jones said the project will help meet demand from young professionals and smaller households looking for managed rental homes in the city centre.<\/p>\n

The approval adds to the developer\u2019s growing Cardiff pipeline after phase one of its Central Quay development, Tai Afon, practically completed last month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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