Newport Gypsy transit camp plan faces the axe

From the South Wales Argus

A GYPSY site mooted for the west of Newport that came under fire from local businesses and Welsh government officials is set to be dropped from Newport’s local development plan (LDP).

Following a public examination by the planning inspector Alwyn Nixon, the city’s blueprint for the next two years is out to consultation yet again – this time over a list of proposed changes to the plan.

A proposed transit site for Gypsy and Travellers at Celtic Way – which the Welsh Government said it would not hand over to the council – is likely to be dropped from the LDP and replaced with the contingency site proposed at Ringland Allotments.

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