PROPOSALS for a new livestock market for Abergavenny have just been published.

The Abergavenny Chronicle can exclusively reveal that the proposed site is is currently used as a Sawmill and located off the B4521 Ross Road, adjacent to the A465 Abergavenny to Hereford Road trunk road  

A mid Wales company have been commissioned to come up with a suitable design needed for a livestock market on the site which has been used previously as site offices and storage facilities for various 'Gas Line' projects across South Wales.

It has been identified as a potential waste management site in the latest Deposit Local Development Plan.

The developer reveals that the former railway yard offers superb access from the highway and excellent links across South Wales and the Midlands.

The local authority's preferred site at Bryngwyn near Raglan has just gone through a public Inquiry in a bid to secure the Shooting Rights covenant by the issue of a Compulsory Purchase Order.

The proposal is for a penning area, a sale ring and an office building with a combined floor area of 3,950 m2. A stockman's dwelling is also included in the scheme.

See this week's edition of the Abergavenny Chronicle for a full report.