Monmouth’s £11m plan for the regeneration of the town centre including investment in the Shire Hall and the Market Hall may have to wait a little bit longer.

The scheme relied upon Welsh or national government funding but is not included in the announcement this week that £1.1 billion is to be made to 55 towns across the UK for “levelling up”.

But Monmouthshire County Council said in June this year, in the third round of bidding for grant money, that “funding should be concentrated on Caldicot and not other county towns like Monmouth”.

A £14m Caldicot scheme and plans to revamp Chepstow Train Station ran alongside the Monmouth regeneration plan with a redevelopment of Caldicot Leisure Centre to create a wellbeing hub: The Severnside plan included the council buying up commercial properties from numbers seven to 43 Newport Road, and improvements to the town centre’s streets.

But it has also said its priority for funding from the Welsh Government’s Transforming Towns fund should be its revamp of Monnow Street, the main shopping street in Monmouth.

The Monnow Street scheme, which the council has held a number of consultations on, intends improving the pavement and addressing draining issues while maintaining it as a street open to two-way traffic.

The four Welsh towns are Merthyr Tydfil, Cwmbran, Wrexham and Barry who will each receive £20 million from the UK Government