\n The council is preparing the next stage of its replacement Local Development Plan (LDP), which sets out where and how land can be developed for homes and employment purposes.\n<\/p>\n
\n The new version of the LDP is behind schedule, but once completed it will set out the local council\u2019s overarching aims for the city\u2019s growth over the next ten years.\n<\/p>\n
\n It will also ensure the council adopts the latest national planning policies and guidance when making decisions on new developments.\n<\/p>\n
\n The council has estimated 3,988 new homes must be built in Wales\u2019 fastest-growing city, to keep up with demand and population forecasts.\n<\/p>\n
\n Four key sites for new homes have been progressed \u2013 these include previously suggested sites in Langstone and Llanwern, and a newer proposal for developing land in Bettws.\n<\/p>\n
\n The replacement LDP could also include a series of smaller housing sites dotted around Newport.\n<\/p>\n
\n Even if the sites are included in the final LDP, developers will still need to go through the formal planning process with any proposals to build there.\n<\/p>\n
\n At a scrutiny committee meeting on Monday September 7, councillors heard the largest key site, in Llanwern, could accommodate up to 2,500 homes.\n<\/p>\n
\n Each of the smaller key sites would also be sizeable \u2013 including 750 homes to the north of Langstone, a further 360 to the south of the village, and 650 south of Bettws.\n<\/p>\n
\n Council planning policy manager John Gibson said most key sites would include some sort of local centre to accompany the homes, and in the case of Llanwern, a new railway station has been planned.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe don\u2019t want these spaces to be tacked on,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need them to contribute to the existing areas as well.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Matthew Pimm told the meeting it was difficult to develop southern areas of Newport because land was either protected or at risk of flooding.\n<\/p>\n
\n But he said concentrating development in other parts of the city risked a \u201csqueeze\u201d on infrastructure, if planners tried to \u201ccram in a lot of housing\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhere are these people coming from?\u201d asked Cllr Ray Mogford of the predicted housing need.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Gibson said the replacement LDP was based on patterns from the previous ten years, and was focused on \u201caddressing local homegrown need\u201d as well as people moving greater distances.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cardiff is \u201creaching capacity\u201d and Bristol is \u201cbecoming the most expensive local authority in the country\u201d, he added.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Pimm said the replacement LDP would require \u201ccommunity buy-in\u201d from Newport\u2019s residents.\n<\/p>\n
\n He warned there could be \u201ca bit of animosity\u201d if there were \u201cpeople moving in from other areas and buying up the new houses because they can afford it, while the locals\u2026 are not seeing any improvement themselves\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cPeople living in Newport need to see the benefits,\u201d he added.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Gibson said the replacement LDP proposed a \u201cdiverse\u201d mix of housing to \u201creflect the need\u201d of the city.\n<\/p>\n
\n A public consultation on the proposals is expected to launch in October, and the new LDP is currently forecast to be in place by January 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The council is preparing the next stage of its replacement Local Development Plan (LDP), which sets out where…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1192477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":["post-1192476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wales","tag-britain","tag-great-britain","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117233111993883953","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1192476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1192477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1192476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1192476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1192476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}