JOINING forces with the four other councils in Gwent could allow Newport City Council greater access to grants, a senior officer has said. At a meeting of the council s Performance Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday, July 28, councillors discussed proposals to create a Gwent-wide Public Services Board. “I hope this will be a positive change,” said the council s policy partnership and involvement manager Tracy McKim. Public Services Boards enable public bodies to work together. They were launched as part of the Wellbeing for Future Generations Act 2015. A regional approach is encouraged in an Audit Wales Report and the Wellbeing for Future Generations Act 2015.
Merging public services with Caerphilly and Monmouth will let Newport raise its aspirations
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Cheaper homes by Newport s new Lidl have been approved
The affordable two-bedroom properties will be built on land off Cardiff Road and near to the railway bridge
10:16, 8 APR 2021
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The railway bridge, near the new Lidl site on Cardiff Road, Newport (Image: Google)
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Cllr James Clarke raised questions over an assessment in the application which did not include noise from trains. The meeting heard that a freight train runs around once per hour, but a passenger train does not operate. Planners said the issue had not been raised during consideration of the previous application for three homes which was approved. Cllr John Richards said affordable housing is “desperately needed”. “There is an urgency for this type of development,” he said. Each home will have a small front garden, with an enclosed area for bin storage and a footpath to the front door from a parking court.
The bill will require Newport council and other authorities to consider how to encourage more public participation in meetings and other issues such as remote attendance by May 2022. At a democratic services committee meeting on Thursday, councillors decided to await further guidance on the bill being introduced, before making any changes. Newport Independent Party councillor Chris Evans said the council “need to wait for a matter of months and do it properly”. “For the sake of waiting for a short period of time, we can have a great deal of sensible and much-needed change,” he said. But Conservative group leader Matthew Evans questioned the need to wait and said the committee should “grab the bull by the horns and go ahead” with the time extension for questions.
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