Cardiff City Council has approved Scott Brownrigg-designed proposals for a 35-storey residential tower that will be the tallest building in Wales, according to the architect.

Brownrigg’s plans for the 0.19ha site at Cardiff’s Central Square – between the city’s main train station and the Populous-designed Principality Stadium – will deliver 364 apartments on its upper floors and shops and cafés at ground and first-floor level.

The scheme, created for developer Righacres, forms part of a wider masterplan for the area created by Foster & Partners. It also includes a standalone two-storey pavilion to the tower’s east that will deliver 688sq m of commercial floorspace.

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