AN ANIMAL supplements provider could be allowed to expand its Monmouth base by purchasing land from the local authority.

Plans for a new warehouse at Natural Animal Feeds (NAF), in Wonastow Road Industrial Estate, were approved in 2015, but the firm is currently unable to access 2.85 acres of land they previously purchased to house it.

To solve the issue, Monmouthshire council are considering selling a strip of land to the firm that would allow vehicles to use the new warehouse.

A footpath which runs through the land and onto the NAF site would have to be accommodated in the area’s future design, a council report says. And planning permission would still have to be granted for the new access by the council’s planning committee.

The council are expecting the sale to raise £58,000, with NAF – a trading name of Greencoat Limited – bearing the costs of council fees associated with the sale.

Conservative councillor Jamie Treherne, member for Overmonnow, is quoted in the report: “It is certainly good news that a deal seems to have been reached between Greencoat and Monmouthshire County Council.

“A deal like this can only push through the view that the council supports local business.”

NAF’s website says it is an official supplier of equine supplements to the British Equestrian Team.

A decision will be made by a cabinet member on April 18.