UP to 400 jobs could be created after plans to build an Aldi regional distribution centre near Newport were given the go-ahead.

The supermarket chain had submitted a planning application to build the warehouse within the Capital Business Park, in Wentloog, between Newport and Cardiff.

Planning consent was “agreed in principal” at a Cardiff council planning committee on September 17 and the project will now go-ahead subject to local (section 106) agreements being confirmed, a spokesman for the local authority said.

The centre will store and distribute chilled and frozen goods and will have space for office accommodation, an associated gatehouse, a freezer warehouse and a refuse and recycling area.

The site is currently vacant and plans submitted to Cardiff council show 70 spaces for loading docks for HGVs and 248 car parking spaces.

The proposed regional office and distribution centre will provide an estimated 400 jobs within the first few years of operation and boost the local economy. This project is a new centre in the region which Aldi say will build to support the existing and potential new stores in the locality.

The site currently has permission for a distribution centre which was granted in 2004 and further extended in 2009.

The 11.59 hectares of undeveloped land is a single plot on the business park and is described to have a good road with good pedestrian links and a bus service.