{"id":2749,"date":"2025-10-04T14:48:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:41:02","slug":"a-new-self-storage-business-could-open-in-rogerstone-newport-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/a-new-self-storage-business-could-open-in-rogerstone-newport-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Self-Storage Business Could Open in Rogerstone, Newport [Wales]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/aU6i9VirXCoTEGm2SNnEuw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/south_wales_argus_199\/2e4d2572c525e9cdc189bc370f7343f2\" alt=\"Thumbs up for new self-storage units at industrial estate\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proposed site of the new storage units, at Wern Industrial Estate, Rogerstone, pictured in June 2025. Credit: Google<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A new self-storage business could open in Rogerstone, after city councillors approved a proposed new development for the Wern Industrial Estate.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Blue Self Storage Ltd has won planning permission for up to 144 storage containers on the site, which is currently used as a car and lorry parking area.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Case officer Adam Foote told Newport City Council\u2019s planning committee the proposal was considered a major development due to its size.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The storage units, if built, will be covered in a \u201cliving roof\u201d and a wildflower area would also be planted nearby, he added.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In a planning statement, the agents for the applicant said the proposals would make \u201cefficient use of under-utilised brownfield land\u201d and would also create job opportunities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Committee members voted to grant planning permission, subject to conditions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/thumbs-self-storage-units-industrial-110000484.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMyE5eMYN4AQ2REi2O3ZRhFkcSzHK6kuYZhH0z2JHchg0hTAOt5ccp6zRmXYSQPOZVZMxscDd1Rdf6Couob5iYQ208R9byCB-bPoGCEevi3GlwDmdRAlnsHgyH3JU3BBA1aRnGpv1E4_n8QJCgs2Va1oga0aHCVNySehWqLfP9Yy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Source<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new self-storage business could open in Rogerstone, after city councillors approved a proposed new development for the Wern Industrial Estate. Blue Self Storage Ltd has won planning permission for up to 144 storage containers on the site, which is currently used as a car and lorry parking area. Case officer Adam Foote told Newport City Council\u2019s planning committee the proposal was considered a major development due to its size. The storage units, if built, will be covered in a \u201cliving roof\u201d and a wildflower area would also be planted&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,22],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2751,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions\/2751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}