Plans for the 900-home Pennyfeathers development in Ryde are back before the Isle of Wight Council after stalling last year. Revised details have been submitted to the planning team to complete the major scheme, following an application at the end...

The development of derelict Norris Castle has been branded a millionaires’ playground by East Cowes Town Council. At its meeting on Thursday night, councillors unanimously voted to object to the major development of the Grade I listed building into a...

Plans for tennis courts in Smallbrook — in place of an ice rink — have been thrown out by the Isle of Wight Council. In a bid to build something at the Smallbrook Ice and Leisure Centre (SILC) site –...

Permission for 29 new homes to be built in Wootton has been granted. The application for outline permission, submitted by Maritime and Provincial Ltd, was looking for 29 houses to be built behind houses on Station Road. It had been...

Harbour House's dreams of opening until the early hours have been shattered by the Isle of Wight Council after its licence committee was told how one event made their windows and furniture shake. The seaside venue, located on Ryde Esplanade,...

An East Cowes Town Council meeting was disrupted last night (Thursday) after a man refused to leave and Police were called. Simon Wheeler entered East Cowes Town Hall partway through the full council meeting, taking a seat and refusing to...

Redevelopment plans for a factory in Binstead are back on the table. A series of planning applications dating back to 2014 saw the Clark Masts factory on Ringwood Road marked up for major development. It would have seen part of...

A major 473-home development in Ryde will go ahead as it has now officially be given planning permission, 8 months since it was determined. A motion to think again on the development was rejected at last night’s (Tuesday) Isle of Wight...

With work set to start on major highway improvements in Ryde next week, temporary toilets are planned to be installed. As part of the Ryde Interchange project, the current toilet block in Western Gardens on the Esplanade will be demolished...

More Isle of Wight residents will have to head to Portsmouth, instead of Southampton for cancer treatment. Colorectal and breast cancer patients will receive their oncology services from specialists at Queen Alexandra Hospital,  in an extension of the strategic partnership...