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Category: Newport

Carpet retailer wins bid for bigger storage space

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Valley Wholesale Carpets Ltd applied for consent to build an extension at Unit 10 in Port Road for additional storage.

Green light for 42 affordable homes on edge of city development

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Monmouthshire Housing Association has been given the green light to build the homes on vacant land to the northeast of the existing development.

Council’s move to new social care data system hits ‘technical problems’

Wednesday, September 3, 2025Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Plans to move Newport residents’ social care data to a new system have hit “various technical problems”, but are on track to be completed by October 2026.

HMO approved after bedroom sizes questioned

Friday, August 29, 2025

Several committee members expressed concerns a bedroom was measured at being 0.01 square metres larger than the council’s minimum standards.

Decision due on 42 new homes next to city estate

Friday, August 29, 2025

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.

Hopes Transporter Bridge gondola will carry cars across river after renovations

Thursday, August 28, 2025

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

Friday, August 22, 2025Friday, August 22, 2025

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

Friday, August 22, 2025Friday, August 22, 2025

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?

Friday, August 22, 2025

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’

Friday, August 22, 2025Friday, August 22, 2025

Free waste bags in popular dog-walking spots would help keep the streets clean, a Newport councillor has suggested.

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