Newport City Council’s planning committee is due to meet on Wednesday September 3 to discuss the application, which planning officers have recommended for approval.
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Hopes Transporter Bridge gondola will carry cars across river after renovations
The gondola at Newport’s Transporter Bridge is expected to carry vehicles across the River Usk once wider renovations to the structure are completed.
Plans submitted for eight-bed HMO conversion
Applicant Matthew Layton, of Layton Property Ltd, has applied to the city council for change-of-use planning permission for 46 Corporation Road.
Further questions over council’s investment in market project
Further questions have been asked about Newport Council’s investment in the redevelopment of the city’s indoor market.
Could new study change rules around ‘sensitive’ HMOs in city?
Applications to convert properties into HMOs often attract resistance from neighbours, with concerns ranging from increased parking pressures to fears of crime or antisocial behaviour.
City seeking views on dog control rules, but free waste bag costs not ‘justified’
Free waste bags in popular dog-walking spots would help keep the streets clean, a Newport councillor has suggested.
New care home on Whiteheads site could create 60 jobs
Newport City Council has received plans for a 66-bedroom care home for older people on part of the former Whiteheads steelworks site, which is being redeveloped.
Hopes new education centre will reduce need for out-of-county placements
It will welcome 30 secondary school-aged pupils and have a “high staffing ratio” of three adults for every six to eight learners.
Canal water supply ‘dried up and almost non-existent in places’
Pollution concerns have forced the closure of a culvert in Risca, fuelling speculation about water supply problems for the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.
Newport HMO plan rejected over parking and bedroom size concerns
Council planners in Newport have turned down an application to convert a terraced house into a HMO.