Free waste bags in popular dog-walking spots would help keep the streets clean, a Newport councillor has suggested.
Category: Newport
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.
New spectator stand proposed for Marshfield FC’s ground
A new spectator stand could be built at Marshfield Football Club’s home ground.
Newport café owners make second bid for covered outdoor seating area
The owners of a café in Rogerstone have resubmitted plans for a new outdoor seating area.
‘Wronguns’ concern over city HMO plan
A Newport resident has raised concerns about having “wronguns” for neighbours if a mid-terraced house is converted into a four-bed HMO.
‘Unneighbourly’ garden terrace approved despite privacy concerns
Homeowners in Rogerstone have won a hotly contested bid to keep their remodelled back garden, after a council planner branded the work “unneighbourly”.
Family wins bid for home extension despite neighbour’s ‘boxed in’ concerns
A family’s proposal to extend their home has won planning permission despite neighbour concerns.