Delegated Decisions - Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Waste and Recycling

The Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Waste and Recycling was due to consider a report on creating new allotments in Newport. The report asks for five of eight consulted sites to go forward for further assessment, subject to legal, technical, ecological and financial checks and available funding. No minute has been published, so no decision is recorded.

1. Increase in allotment provision

   Proposed

   The report recommends that the Cabinet Member approve five shortlisted sites going forward for further assessment and development, subject to legal, technical, ecological and financial checks and available funding. It also recommends that three sites are not taken forward at this stage.

   Why

   Newport City Council manages 20 of the city's 22 allotment sites, and most have waiting lists. More than 90 people are waiting, and the report expects demand to grow with new housing, particularly in the east. Public consultation on eight sites ran from 8 June to 30 June 2026. The report does not recommend three sites because of the nature and level of objections. Some land may be public open space or former playing fields. Once land becomes a statutory allotment under the Allotments Act 1925, any sale or change of use needs Welsh Ministers' consent, so a disposal process may be required. Costs are not yet known, and development will only go ahead where funding is available.

   Based on the minutes, 00 New Allotment Proposal

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   Newport City Council – Increase in Allotment Provision

   Papers: 00 New Allotment Proposal

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