Cardiff Council has approved a new regeneration strategy that will guide investment and development across the city over the next five years.
The Regeneration Strategy 2025-2030 aims to create a stronger, fairer and greener Cardiff by improving neighbourhoods, supporting local centres and helping build more sustainable communities across the capital.
Approved by Cabinet this week, the strategy brings together a range of existing council policies and regeneration programmes into a single framework, setting out how future placemaking projects will be prioritised and delivered throughout the city.
The plan has been developed alongside Cardiff Council’s Corporate Plan and the emerging Replacement Local Development Plan, with a focus on ensuring funding and resources are allocated fairly across different communities.
A public consultation on the draft strategy took place between December 2025 and February 2026, attracting more than 780 responses from residents, businesses, community groups and organisations across Cardiff. The consultation also included targeted engagement with young people, equality groups and third-sector organisations.
Following feedback, several changes have been made to the final strategy. These include a stronger emphasis on accessibility and inclusive design, clearer guidance around creating safer public spaces, and greater recognition of Cardiff’s heritage, culture and local identity.
The revised framework also outlines a more transparent approach to community involvement, explaining how local feedback will be used and how residents will continue to help shape future placemaking projects in their areas.
Speaking after the strategy was approved, Cardiff Council’s Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities, Councillor Lee Bridgeman, said the updated document reflects what residents told the council matters most, while providing a fair and transparent framework for future regeneration.
The strategy also retains a strong focus on directing investment to areas where it can have the greatest impact, using detailed analysis of deprivation, community resilience and environmental needs to help inform future decisions.
As part of the next phase, more detailed neighbourhood placemaking plans will now be developed, with initial focus proposed for Adamsdown and Splott, Butetown and Cardiff Bay, and Plasnewydd.
Council leaders hope the strategy will help attract additional external investment while ensuring Cardiff’s communities play a central role in shaping the future of their neighbourhoods.
