'A blight on Commercial Street' - Former WH Smith set for demolition

Plans revealed to demolish vacant Newport city centre building

A former commercial building in the city centre is likely to be demolished and could become a new enhanced open space. Once occupied by WH Smith and other retailers, the vacant property in Commercial Street was put on the market and subsequently bought by the council earlier this year using government regeneration funding. A report [...]

'A blight on Commercial Street' - Former WH Smith set for demolition

Newport Council favours demolishing the former WH Smith building on Commercial Street to create a city-centre open space; cabinet members will…

Large city centre shop to be demolished to make way for open space

Nicholas Thomas Local Democracy Reporter A former city centre shop which a council purchased for almost half a million pounds is likely to be demolished and replaced by a new city-centre open space. A new cabinet report shows demolition is the preferred option for the property on Newport’s Commercial Street which most recently formed the […]