Planning Committee

The Planning Committee on 1 April 2026 considered its planning application schedule and a report on recent planning appeals. The minute records that decisions should be recorded as shown in Appendix A, but the appendix supplied is the schedule for 4 March 2026, so the individual April decisions cannot be listed here. Members noted the appeals report for information.

1. Planning application decisions

   Decided

   The minute records that decisions should be recorded as shown on the Planning Applications Schedule in Appendix A. It also authorises the Planning and Development Manager to draft any amendments to, or additional conditions for, the decisions.

   Why

   The report explains that each application was assessed against planning policy and consultation responses, and each has an officer recommendation. Under Section 38(6) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, applications must be decided in line with the Newport Local Development Plan (adopted January 2015) unless other material considerations indicate otherwise. A planning condition is a rule attached to a permission. A Section 106 agreement is a legal agreement that secures obligations to offset a development's impacts. The reasons for each individual decision are in reports that were not provided.

   Based on the minutes, Planning Committee Schedule 1st April 2026

2. Recent planning appeal decisions

   Decided

   The minutes record no decision on this item.

   Why

   The minute records only that members' attention was drawn to the report, for information. The report lists three appeals. At land west of Rock Cottage, Market Road, Penhow (E22/0006), appeals against an enforcement notice and a retrospective planning application for gates and engineering works were dismissed. The notice was varied to require the gates and gate posts to be removed and the access blocked with a hedgerow. At land adjacent to 15 Pepys Grove, Newport (E24/0301), an enforcement notice about a change of use to residential garden and close board fencing was upheld, subject to a change to the compliance period. An enforcement notice is a formal order requiring a breach of planning control to be put right. The compliance period is the time allowed to do so. These decisions were made by the Planning Inspectorate and/or Welsh Ministers.

   Based on the minutes, Appeal Agenda April 2026

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1. Apologies

   Minute

   Councillors S Cocks, G Horton and Councillor Howells

2. 2

   Declarations of Interest

   Minute

   None.

3. 3

   Minutes of the Previous Meeting

   Minute

   The minutes of the meeting held on 04 March 2026 were submitted. Resolved That the minutes of the meeting held on 04 March 2026 be taken as read and confirmed.

   Papers: Minutes of the Previous Meeting, Decisions Planning Committee
4. 4

   Development Management: Planning Application Schedule

   Minute

   (1) That decisions be recorded as shown on the Planning Applications Schedule attached as an Appendix A. (2) That the Planning and Development Manager be authorised to draft any amendments to/additional conditions.

   Papers: Planning Committee Schedule 1st April 2026
5. 5

   Appeal Decisions

   Minute

   Members attention was drawn to the appeals report for information.

   Papers: Appeal Agenda April 2026

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The minutes record no declarations of interest.

• Malcolm Linton, ChairLabourPresent
• Tim Harvey, Vice ChairLabourPresent
• Bev Perkins, Committee MemberLabourPresent
• Gavin Horton, Committee MemberLabourSent apologies
• Jason Jordan, Committee MemberNewport Independent PartyPresent
• John Jones, Committee MemberConservativeSent apologies
• John Reynolds, Committee MemberLabourPresent
• Mark Howells, Committee MemberIndependentSent apologies
• Stephen Cocks, Committee MemberLabourSent apologies
• Trevor Watkins, Committee MemberLabourPresent
• William Routley, Committee MemberConservativePresent

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