Newport’s older streets are Victorian terraces, packed around Stow Hill, Baneswell, Pillgwenlly and Maindee. Stow Hill and Caerleon, with its Roman fortress remains, are conservation areas, so Newport City Council is the first call there. Bettws, Ringland and Alway are post-war estates with simple roofs. Glan Llyn, built on former Llanwern steelworks land, and the newer streets around Rogerstone are modern homes with clean roofs, space for a battery and drives for a charger.
Planning follows the Welsh permitted development rules, set by the Welsh Government, and applications go to Newport City Council. The network is run by National Grid Electricity Distribution. Newport is the closest of the south Wales cities to us, just over the Severn crossings from Bristol, but it is still more than 90 minutes from Ferndown. The first survey is usually a video call, then a site visit, and visits and installs are grouped. The design, the installation and the warranties are the same as anywhere else we cover.