Over 2,000 houses could be built along the Newtown bypass under plans for the future of the town by Powys County Council.
The draft version of Powys County Council’s local development plan, which is currently out to public consultation, sees five areas along the A483 and the A489 being considered for development – covering a combined 187 acres.
According to current new build guidelines that could mean as many as 2,000 new homes being built along the edge of the town.
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The draft proposals would also throw open questions about the future of the site of the former Montgomery County Infirmary Newtown Hospital.
The future of the use of the site would appear to be changing with the current proposal seeing the site being allocated for “open market housing”. That would be likely to follow the construction of a new health campus at the Park site in Newtown.
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This comes as the proposals would also solidify the plans for a proposed health and wellbeing hub at the site of the Ysgol Iau Hafren which would include “specialist housing (including for older people and those with disabilities), community facilities, health, education and social care”.
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Other notable plans for land allocations include 14 acres at a site adjacent to the NPTC Newtown Campus on Llanidloes Road.
This area next to the college is being listed as potentially being used for “employment, health, education and social care”.
A further 11 acres of land would be made available in the land “to the rear of Rowan House, Llanlwchaiarn” which would be used for “open market housing, affordable housing, green infrastructure / open space” – which could see as many as 100 new homes at the site.
A spokesperson for Powys County Council said: “The council is currently preparing its new Replacement Local Development Plan, which will cover all of Powys excluding the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park.
“This plan will set out the out the council’s proposals and land-use policies for the future development of land in its area. It covers the 15-year period from 2022 to 2037 and will be used to guide decisions on planning applications once adopted.
“The current phase of this work has seen the council publish its preferred strategy as well as the Candidate Site Register, which includes all the sites that were submitted as part of the Call for Candidate Sites back in 2022.
“The council is currently consulting on its preferred strategy and is also inviting views from interested parties on the sites published as part of the Candidate Site Register. This consultation will close on 7 October.
“Once the consultation has closed, the council will consider all representations made on the preferred strategy and on the sites. These will be taken into consideration when used to prepare the deposit plan, the next phase in the development of the Replacement Local Development Plan.
“The deposit plan will include a refined preferred strategy and more detailed polices for development management purposes, site policies and site allocations.
“The deposit plan will also be subject to public consultation.”
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