PIER STREET TOILETS IN SANDOWN TO RE-OPEN THIS WEEK THANKS TO LAST-MINUTE AGREEMENT
Toilets on the seafront at Sandown are set to re-open this week after community calls to the local Town Council. The public conveniences on Pier Street had been closed due to safety reasons and are part of plans for new...
Read moreDetailsTOWN COUNCIL REASSURE RESIDENTS OVER PLANS FOR RYDE’S EASTERN GARDENS
Ryde Town Council has tried to allay residents’ fears after submitting an application to hold events at Ryde's Eastern Gardens all year round. In a licence application to the Isle of Wight Council, the town council is asking for permission...
Read moreDetailsNEW TOILETS FOR SANDOWN A STEP CLOSER BUT SOUTHERN WATER RAISE OBJECTION
New public toilets are a step closer for Sandown seafront as the Isle of Wight Council has agreed to the long lease of land at Eastern Gardens - but Southern Water has thrown a spanner in the works. Sandown Town...
Read moreDetailsMAGISTRATES THROW OUT OCEAN HOTEL APPEAL AS OWNERS FAIL TO SHOW AGAIN
Magistrates have thrown out an appeal against an enforcement notice issued against the Ocean Hotel in Sandown, after the eyesore's owners failed to show in court for a second time. Phoenix Commercial Property Developments (PCPD) were fighting the notice issued...
Read moreDetailsCOULD CHALE SEE THE RETURN OF A VILLAGE SHOP? PLANS FOR 7 HOMES AND A SHOP SUBMITTED
An Isle of Wight village may once again have a convenience store, after its previous shop closed 3 years ago. Plans have been lodged with the Isle of Wight Council to build a convenience store and 7 homes off Town...
Read moreDetailsDEATH OF THE HIGH STREET? GREEN LIGHT GIVEN FOR £3MILLION ‘IMPROVEMENTS’ IN NEWPORT
£3million of so-called improvements to Newport Town Centre, which will include the removal of parking spaces, has been given the go-ahead by the Isle of Wight Council. The plans, part of the Newport High Street Heritage Action Zone 'People First'...
Read moreDetailsCOUNCILLOR CALLS ON AIRBNB OWNERS TO OFFER UP HOMES TO ISLANDERS INSTEAD
Councillor Michael Lilley An Isle of Wight councillor is calling on people renting their properties through AirBnB to think of others and provide housing for Islanders instead. In a meeting of the council’s corporate scrutiny committee on Tuesday, Councillor Michael...
Read moreDetailsNEIGHBOURS LIVING NEXT TO HOLIDAY PARK SAY EXTENDED LATE NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT WILL BE A ‘RACKET’
An Isle of Wight holiday park is looking to provide entertainment later into the night but nimby neighbours have raised concerns about the potential ‘racket’ created. Parkdean Resorts, owners of Thorness Bay Holiday Park, is asking permission to increase the...
Read moreDetailsNEW TENANTS FOR ICE RINK GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT – BUT WHO ARE THEY?
There are fresh hopes that Ryde's dilapidated ice rink could be brought back into use after the Isle of Wight Council agreed to let new tenants take over the abandoned building. Earlier this year the local authority said it was...
Read moreDetailsSTRUCTURES BUILT WITHOUT PLANNING PERMISSION AT BEMBRIDGE PUB TO BE PULLED DOWN
Unauthorised structures in a pub garden in Bembridge are to be removed after an enforcement investigation – but the landlord is hoping to get permission for a new building. During the course of the COVID pandemic, pub landlord and local...
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