Proposals to hand over a Newport community centre to a local group have suffered “frustrating” and “soul destroying” delays.

City council officials said they would “learn from” the matter and had sought specialist training to help it get to grips with the relatively new process.

Ward councillor Matthew Pimm told a scrutiny committee plans for the future of Eveswell Community Centre faced “lots of hold-ups”.

The site is subject of an ongoing Community Asset Transfer (CAT) – a legal process through which local authorities can hand over surplus or........

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