A rejected 14-house development deemed ‘visually intrusive’ by Isle of Wight planners has been appealed. Applicants Downer and Long are looking to overturn County Hall’s refusal of their outline application for 14 homes on land at Comforts Farm off Northwood’s...

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is facing a probe over whether it will review and phase out a ‘barbaric’ medical procedure used to treat severe depression. Liberal Democrat Councillor Michael Lilley decried the ‘continued use’ of...

Sandown Town Council could bid to make a ‘much-loved’ boating lake an Asset of Community Value (ACV) in light of ‘critically low Summer water levels’. Councillor Ian Boyd has proposed a motion that Sandown Town Council (STC) submits an official...

Plans for a root and branch overhaul of local government across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will be considered at County Hall today (Wednesday). Full council is due to debate and vote on a landmark vision for local government...

“We’re for the first time faced with having to see people potentially die badly,” an end-of-life care expert warned County Hall last week. Mountbatten Isle of Wight’s senior consultant in palliative care, Paul Howard, told the adult social care, public...

A new children’s home responding to a ‘critical need’ for local care facilities will open in Newport. County Hall has approved Next Wave Care Group’s (NWCG) proposal to convert a 3-bedroom house on School Lane, Barton. A supporting email from...

A plot of seafront land that has lain derelict for decades will have 2 ‘traditional style’ semi-detached houses built on it. Mark Lilly’s revised proposal for a new residential scheme at Ventnor Esplanade’s La Veness site has been approved by...

A brownfield site in an Isle of Wight town centre will be redeveloped with two new semi-detached houses. Planners have accepted Mr P. Dempsey’s revised plans to build two two-bedroomed properties at 11 – 13 Scarrots Lane, Newport. The homes...

An Isle of Wight village’s Church of England primary school has kept up ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ outcomes since an inspection over 5 years ago. Pupils ‘enjoy attending’, ‘achieve well’ and can ‘take up the many available enrichment opportunities’ at Bembridge...

A bid to build 16 retirement park homes on the edge of the Isle of Wight’s county town has been refused due to the development being ‘cramped’ and ‘out of character’. The council rejected Luxury Retirement Living’s proposal for nine...