RURAL watchdog the CPRE has welcomed the Tories brownfield development plan for Newport.but warned more needs to be done to stop the Island s countryside disappearing under concrete. Last week, the Conservative group on the Isle of Wight Council unveiled a far-reaching scheme for the county town, which could see County Hall demolished and the fire and police stations sold off to make way for a new residential Riverside Quarter, linking to the Newport Harbour plans. While welcoming the use of so-called brownfield land, the CPRE has pointed to what it sees as unreasonable housing targets of 675 houses per year for the Island from government.