A well-established Isle of Wight yacht club will carry out upgrades to allow it to ‘meet demand’ for its popular free sailing lessons for school children. Sea View Yacht Club’s (SVYC) plans for a set of facilities upgrades at its...

A decision to make cuts to frontline firefighting across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has been delayed - but the closure of Bembridge and Yarmouth fire stations is being pushed forward. It was on Friday that the authority was...

County Hall’s role in the Isle of Wight’s United Nations Biosphere came under scrutiny last week (Thursday), with questions asked over costs to Island taxpayers. At the most recent Environment and Community Protection Committee (ECPC), the Conservatives’ Sandown South representative...

An Isle of Wight town council has joined residents in opposing a controversial housing bid. Jack Reynold’s planning application for 6x 2-bedroom houses with car parking on land next to 20 and 27 Westwood Close in Cowes has been met...

“We understand the community’s desire to see Belgrave Road reopened and share that goal,” the Isle of Wight Council has said, in response to a newly-launched petition. County Hall has issued a statement in light of an online appeal demanding...

Plans have been submitted for 3x 1-bedroom flats above a popular curry house in Ryde. Applicant S Miah has lodged a proposal for a conversion of the first and second floors of 45 Union Street in Ryde – a 3-storey...

2 new apartments will be created in a historic 3-storey building on Ryde seafront, it has been confirmed. Ian Fern’s proposed works at Ryde’s Prince Consort at 19 St Thomas Street, including a refurbishment of its lower ground floor offices,...

Plans to turn Ryde's former HSBC bank into 5 flats have been knocked back by Isle of Wight planners, due to ‘insufficient’ submitted information and heritage concerns. Listed building consent and a planning application for a conversion of office space...

“We demand that rocks on our roads are removed in seven days” - that is what a newly launched petition from a 'very angry Ventnor' is calling for. James Milburn’s 38 Degrees appeal, which has gathered over 150 signatures since...

A proposal for 4 ‘much-needed’ new homes in the village of Niton is facing resistance from members of the public. Planners have so far received 16 objections to Domusea Developments’ plans for 4 semi-detached houses with an access road, parking,...