Housing association Tai Hedyn wants to build the new homes off Corporation Road, on part of the former Robert Price Transport Yard. It will complement a previously-agreed phase of development comprising 61 homes on the wider site, case officer Geraint Roberts told the council’s planning committee on Wednesday August 5. Mr Roberts said raising the site was expected to protect it from even severe flooding from the nearby River Usk. Members of the committee were generally supportive of the plans, although Cllr Mark Howells suggested the four-storey building could be “over-prominent”. The committee voted unanimously to approve the application, subject to the developer signing a deal to provide or fund recreational facilities in the neighbourhood.