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Apartments plan for site of historic former hotel in Newport is approved

Source: http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk

Plans to build 25 apartments on the site of a historic former hotel in Newport have been given the green light.Affordable homes will replace the overgrown and vacant area which once housed The King in Somerton Road, Lliswerry.It is hoped that the development will alleviate growing housing need in the area, with 10 one-bed flats and 15 two-bed flats proposed.Newport City Council’s planning committee heard on Wednesday that there were 1,356 outstanding applications for housing in the Lliswerry ward, with a further 188 people waiting for wheelchair-friendly accommodation.