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The Mansion House in Stow Park Circle will be converted to become a new Registry Office for Newport within the next few months.

Originally built as a private home, planning permission granted today will see the historic building converted into a new public building.

It was used for many years as the official residence of the mayor, but a decision was made in 2008 to cease using it for that purpose and a number of different proposals were put forward.

After an in-depth investigation by the overview and scrutiny forum for resources, which included asking the public for their views, the favoured option was to relocate the present registrar service from Goldtops to the Mansion House.

Councillor Peter Davies, cabinet member for resources, said: “I’m delighted that the proposal has been approved and I hope that work might be able to start later this month.”