A NEWPORT business which needs to move is making another bid to use a site despite meeting fierce opposition last time.

Builders' merchants Robert Price has to leave Rodney Parade because of the regeneration of the city centre.

Its present premises were compulsorily purchased by the Assembly but the company has remained while it finds an alternative base.

The intention is to eventually demolish the yard which is at the eastern end of the Usk Footbridge.

In 2006, it applied to move to a former transport yard in Corporation Road but residents and ward councillors mounted strong protests.

There was concern about noise and pollution levels as well as objections from nearby St Andrew's school about an increase in heavy goods vehicles using the road.

Members of the Newport council's planning committee decided to reject the plan and the company appealed.

At a subsequent inquiry, an independent inspector found that the only unacceptable part of the proposal was that the building's design which was not of a high enough quality for its riverfront site.

But he decided it would be acceptable if it could be effectively landscaped.

Now the company has resubmitted the scheme but slightly changed the layout to increase the landscaping along the river bank.

Officers are recommending the planning committee, which meets next Wednesday, grants permission for the amended application.

They are suggesting a number of conditions are imposed including approval by the authority of a scheme of landscaping.

But four letters of objection have been received from neighbours of the site.

Concerns again include the closeness of the school and homes and the danger of increased traffic.