RESIDENTS are fighting to stop their village being "spoiled" by proposals to build 1,100 houses on a nearby greenfield site.

Llanwern village is the preferred site for a multi-million pound scheme by developers Gallagher consisting of the homes plus a new primary school and village hall.

Newport council leader Bob Bright has said the application was "to be welcomed".

However, some 90 villagers who attended a public meeting in Llanwern Institute, Station Road last night, were virtually unanimous in their rejection of the proposals.

In a show of hands at the beginning of the meeting, all but one person indicated they were against the development, which would be built on 134 acres of privately-owned land on either side of Cot Hill at the top end of the village.

Fears of flooding, drainage and traffic problems were raised by residents.

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