PLANS to set up a food courtyard in Rogerstone, which could include street food, a bar, a coffee shop and a pop-up cinema have been lodged with Newport council.

Discount shop, What! Stores, in Rogerstone wants to open the container courtyard within the car park of its store in Chartist Way, Rogerstone.

Live music, night markets and poetry readings are among events which could be held under the plans which would see containers hired for use.

“The development would be akin to a street food cafe style outlet,” a design and access statement says.

“The containers would be occupied by a series of street food vendors offering a range of food types.”

A promotional pamphlet included with the planning application outlines the sort of offers which would be available.

It says the plans for the site include a street food container courtyard with several eateries and a fully licensed bar.

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A coffee shop is also planned, along with a soft play centre and there could also be a pop-up cinema and markets.

“The development would provide an attractive destination for the local population,” a planning statement says.

The site could be open from 7am until midnight, with coffee and food available from 8am and alcohol from 11am, according to the pamphlet.

The containers used would be re-purposed, making them sustainable, and of a “modern appearance”, a design and access statement says.

“This approach is inherently sustainable and with [an] outdoor covered seating area the development will provide for a lively retail experience with an open market ambience,” it says.

The plans would also create job opportunities in the area, it is said.

While car parking spaces at the site would be lost, it is thought there would still be enough spaces to serve the development.

Security across the What! Stores site is already in place and surveillance would be maintained, according to the application.

Newport council’s tree officer has commented that “in the absence of tree information there are objections to this application”.

Questions over how a retaining wall will be built without damaging trees on the site have been raised.