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RCT in Treforest check their HMO’s a lot….a different ball game to running one in Cardiff. Think Cardiff council were hoping most students would just go an live in the new swanky tower block halls they let these big corporations build, leaving Cathays free to try and sort it out.
It’s not really working out that way though…..
Treforest is full of dog shit. Everywhere you step. Whole place has been overtaken by students and you can tell it's gotten gradually worse as the years have gone by, litter on the streets etc. Weirdly they all seem decent when you talk to them, no real anti social issues mad parties etc. But yeah the place is a shithole.
I know someone who works for the council and he asked the office directly about this but didn't get a satisfactory answer. Maybe there's too many and there would be too much litigation.
With regards to the rubbish, the council have at least tried to get this in order with directives and threats of fines but according to a councillor it was difficult to prove whose rubbish was whose, even if it's strewn outside someone's house.
Even though the council have mismanaged the area in some ways, I have a little sympathy for them. Some of them have good intentions but they're skint. The university, on the other hand, don't seem to give a toss and are only interested in buying up more land.
There is, apparently, a national regulatory body which deals with appeals for planning applications that have been refused by councils. They usually find in favour of the investor/developer and so there's little point wasting time and public money fighting this. It seems the council is over a barrel to a certain extent too. (I think this I've got this right - a former neighbour of mine took a deep dive on this; I'll have to ask her the details).