An empty Newport eyesore could be regenerated by its owner, Lord Alan Sugar. Planning permission is being sought by the investment mogul’s real estate company to transform the former BrightHouse store on the corner of Newport High Street into flats...

Residents have slammed a major residential development in a quiet Freshwater cul-de-sac. Plans have been submitted for 38 houses and 12 flats — 18 of those marked for affordable housing — in an extension to Birch Close in Freshwater. The...

Fancy being a councillor on the Isle of Wight? Well, there is still time to apply ahead of the upcoming elections. The official nomination period started at the beginning of last week (22nd March) with candidates already delivering their application...

Plans have been submitted to build houses on a former school field overlooking Sandown Bay. Since Upper Chine School closed in 1994, the sports pitch on Luccombe Road, next door to The Reach apartment block, has remained empty. Outline planning...

Isle of Wight Council meetings will have to be held face-to-face for the first time in over a year after the May elections – as the government has decided not to extend legislation. The ruling has been slammed by the...

The owners of a caravan park in Gurnard are looking to increase the site’s capacity. Proposals to add eight more caravans to the Sunnycott Caravan Park, on Rew Street, have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council. However, Island...

Plans for a bungalow in Lake have been refused again by the Isle of Wight Council. The applicants, WS Group, however, have slammed the council for ‘only paying lip service to proactive working’ and ‘for only finding problems, not solutions’....

A total of 82,745 Islanders have now got an element of protection against COVID-19 after receiving a first dose of the vaccine, officials figures reveal. NHS England data shows that 82,745 first doses have been administered across the Isle of...

Better disabled loos have been proposed in fresh plans for new £130,000 toilets in Freshwater Bay. Last year plans were submitted by Freshwater Parish Council to demolish the current dilapidated loos. The application was withdrawn, however, before a decision could...

Smaller councils have hit out at the Isle of Wight Council for ‘forcing’ them to raise precepts to pay for services the bigger brother can no longer provide. Through the Isle of Wight Association of Local Councils (IWALC) town, parish...