50 Newport sites ‘suitable’ for Gypsy base - South Wales

FIFTY areas in Newport were deemed suitable for a Gypsy and Traveller site, despite only five being put forward for development as potential camps.

Of the 224 sites looked at by the council, 165 were dismissed because they were considered unsuitable under the Welsh Government’s criteria for reasons including poor access, ground not level, highway issues and flooding.
A list obtained by the Argus shows areas considered suitable include allotments in Bettws, Coed Melyn, Maesglas Grove, and Radnor Road and playing fields in Bettws, Cefn Wood and Ringland.
Bettws Rugby Ground, Ringland’s former road safety centre and former working men’s club, Olivers Garden Centre, Langstone, and St Julians Social Club were also selected as appropriate sites.
Of all the sites, 202 are in council ownership, 19 are privately owned and three belong to the Welsh Government.