Space above the former Carphone Warehouse store in Newport could be converted into flats. The Isle of Wight Council has received an application for the creation of 2x 1-bedroom flats above the former shop on Newport High Street. Applicant Mr...

A bid to turn a former Isle of Wight church into a Loungers Café & Bar, similar to Newport’s Correo Lounge, has encountered stiff resistance from residents. Hospitality chain Loungers UK applied for a premises license to open a food...

A Cowes couple have appealed an Isle of Wight Council decision to refuse planning permission for an 'intrusive' extension application. Mr and Mrs Galvin want to put in a first and second-floor extension at a building known as The Studio...

An Isle of Wight Council officer removed a controversial Newport housing plan from a planning committee agenda due to advertised information 'concerns'. Strategic manager for planning and infrastructure delivery, Oliver Boulter, decided a readvertised application for a 12-house development, including...

The team behind the Isle of Wight Council’s contentious school plans headed to a Ryde school on Thursday for a consultation event discussing its possible closure. Council officers including Ashley Whittaker presented the Island’s school place planning proposals for 2023...

The Isle of Wight Council has given conditional approval for plans to develop a brand new film and television studio in East Cowes. Medina Studios Ltd’s development proposal includes 4 sound stages, 2 workshops, production support facilities, parking and landscaping...

Parents gathered at Cowes Primary School on Monday for a tense question and answer session with Isle of Wight Council officers about the potential closure of the school. Ashley Whittaker, Director of Children’s Services, chaired the evening meeting which discussed...

The Isle of Wight Council has received a revised planning application to build 4 houses on the outskirts of Newport. Mr I. Morey’s proposed development would be on land next to Buckbury Lane and would include parking as well as...

Richard Quigley MP has written to the Government to raise concerns about ExxonMobil’s Solent CO2 pipeline. In a public statement announced yesterday, Richard Quigley, for IW West, said he had written to the secretary of state for energy security and...

Cowes Town Council has written to the Isle of Wight Council raising a 'failure of proper process and due diligence' regarding a drone trial. In a letter to the Isle of Wight Council’s chief executive officer, Wendy Perera, the Town...