FLOATING BRIDGE FAILINGS REPORT TO BE KEPT UNDER WRAPS UNTIL NEW PLAN IS READY
A £50,000 report into the failings of Floating Bridge No.6 has been completed but is to be kept secret - until the Council can balance out the report's findings with a forward plan of action, which could include a new,...
Read moreDetailsCOUNCIL TOLD TO PAY £3,250 TO LOCAL FAMILY AFTER EHCP SUPPORT FAILURE
The Isle of Wight Council has apologised — and must pay £3,250 — for the ‘distress’ caused to a mother and daughter over ‘failings’ to support learning. In a recently published Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) ruling, the...
Read moreDetailsFAILING TO BRING PHOTO ID MEANT 4 PEOPLE WERE PREVENTED FROM VOTING IN RECENT VENTNOR BY-ELECTION
A total of 4 people were prevented from voting, in a by-election last month (December) on the Isle of Wight, because they had no photo ID. On 21st December, Conservative Ed Blake secured 274 votes, with Labour’s Steve Cooper, mayor...
Read moreDetailsDELAYS CONTINUE AS STILL NO DECISION MADE ON CONTROVERSIAL ‘PLANNING BIBLE’
It could be months before the Isle of Wight’s controversial and divisive ‘planning bible’ is back for discussion, after government changes halted the process. The Isle of Wight Council’s draft planning strategy has been in the making for more than...
Read moreDetailsNUMBER OF VISITORS DOWN BUT MONEY TOURISTS SPENT WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES UP
Fewer visitors came to the Isle of Wight last summer but they spent more money with local businesses, the Island’s tourism boss has revealed. Around £280 million was forked out on the Island, by tourists, between October 1, 2022, and September...
Read moreDetailsFORT VICTORIA PIER DEVELOPMENT PLANS REFUSED AFTER COUNCIL DEEM PLANS AN ‘INTRUSION’
Major redevelopment plans to restore a dilapidated pier in the West Wight and to build houses on a popular beach have been refused. The Isle of Wight Council has turned down property design company Miles Blamire’s proposals to restore the...
Read moreDetailsLATEST HYGIENE SCORES FOR EATERIES ACROSS THE ISLAND
The Isle of Wight’s food hygiene inspectors were busy in the run-up to Christmas, dishing out ratings for cafes, restaurants and pubs.. Based on Food Standards Agency guidance, inspectors judge how clean food businesses are, what conditions are like, how...
Read moreDetailsHEFTY FINE FOR LOCAL BUSINESSMAN WHO DIDN’T COMPLY WITH PLANNING ENFORCEMENT NOTICES
An Isle of Wight businessman has been fined tens of thousands of pounds for not complying with planning enforcement notices on his land at Merrie Gardens, in Lake. Louis William Tudor Smith, of Marlborough Road, was found guilty of breaching...
Read moreDetailsCAR PARKING CHARGES AT ST MARY’S BROUGHT IN NEARLY £180,000 LAST YEAR
Nearly £180,000 was made from visitors and patients parking at the Isle of Wight’s only hospital in 2023. Figures recently released by NHS England have revealed just how much parking income hospitals across the country have made. In England, between...
Read moreDetailsAPPROVAL OF NEW DOUBLE YELLOWS IN NEWPORT EXPECTED NEXT WEEK
Approval for yet more double yellow lines on the Isle of Wight - this time in the Newport area - could be given next week. Nearly 60 schemes have been proposed to install new parking restrictions, or vary them, across...
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