NEW plans to transform the former Whiteheads steelworks site in Newport through a development including 529 homes and a school, have been submitted to the city council.
A year on from the start of a remediation project to prepare the site for a post-industrial future, the Whiteheads Development Company is seeking outline planning permission for a project that will include a significant amount of affordable housing.
Most of the evidence of the site's decades-long industrial history has now been removed, as the aerial photograph shows.
TRANSFORMATION: The former Whiteheads steelworks site is set to host around 500 homes and a school
In its place, subject to planning permission being granted, an urban residential area will be created, with three road entrances off Mendalgief Road.
Spacing the entrances to the development is considered vital, according to the plan details, due to traffic and congestion problems on Mendalgief Road.
The proposed homes will be split roughly 50/50 between those available to buy, and social housing available for rent, and both elements will include flats, as well as houses.
The primary school will be located to the southern end of the 42-acre site, behind the existing retail park. This will serve the new development, the neighbouring Monbank development to the west, and Pill.
HOMES FRONT: An artist's illustration of the Mendalgief Road side of the development
There will also be a walking and cycling link from Monbank, designed to provide a safe and direct route to and from the school, and this will tie into an existing pedestrian route, giving a further link into Pill.
A number of areas of public open space are built into the overall plan, with small park areas to the north and south, and 'green' areas around the proposed road entrances off Mendalgief Road.
The remediation work has involved decontaminating large areas of the site, and removing concrete surface slabs and any structure below the ground.
It is estimated that 150,000 tonnes of concrete is being recycled to re-use at the site, to minimise waste and disruption to residents in the area.
Work on the development is expected to generate up to 1,500 jobs and inject around £140 million into the local economy.
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