The Newport City Council unitary development plan sets aside an area in Coedkernew adjacent to the Great Western Main Line for the station.

As of May 2008 three parcels of land have been acquired by the urban regeneration company Newport Unlimited at the site of the station.

[1] The Network Rail Route Utilisation Strategy published in November 2008 confirms the SEWTA aspiration for a station in Coedkernew.

However following the decision by First Minister Mark Drakeford in 2019 to reject the M4 relief road proposal,[4] up to £1.4bn is available through the Welsh Government's borrowing facility[5] for improving infrastructure in and around the M4.

[6] The most recent plan, as of October 2023, envisages the station to be situated adjacent to the Ebbw River in Duffryn.