Dog park planned for Newport

Plans to turn part of a field east of Newport, South Wales, into a secure dog walking park have been submitted to Newport City Council.

If approved the plans would see the area rented out on an hourly basis every day between 6am and 9pm during the summer months and from 7am to 7pm in the winter.

The facility would include secure perimeter fencing, a small car park, and would allow two people at a time to use the park.

The application, submitted on behalf of Miss Gallagher, says the project would provide a “pleasant and secure area where customers can exercise and train their dogs”, provide jobs, and “would make for a low-impact, profitable, small rural enterprise” in the area.

The plans will now be considered by the council with a decision due in the coming months.