A home replacement and demolition proposal criticised as ‘misleading’ and ‘premature’ by Seaview Parish Council has been given the go-ahead. County Hall planners approved Mark Pacy’s bid to replace his home, Tamarisk, on Seaview’s Seagrove Manor Road, with a new...

New plans to assist Isle of Wight communities most vulnerable to erosion, flooding and landslides could be introduced. The council’s Environment and Community Protection Committee (ECPC) is to decide on whether to approve the development of Landslide and Coastal Change...

The Isle of Wight’s progress in combatting climate change will be considered by councillors this week, against a backdrop of ‘widespread and severe impacts’ on ‘eco-systems, infrastructure and human health’. County Hall’s environment and community protection committee (ECPC) will discuss...

6 new flats could be developed within a vacant office space in Newport. IPM SIPP Administration has proposed a conversion of 39-40 Quay Street in Newport to provide 4x 1-bedroom apartments and 2 with 2 bedrooms. The application also includes...

A bid to build 6x 2-bedroom houses in Cowes has been met with an objection from the Isle of Wight’s highways service provider. Island Roads is opposing Jack Reynolds’s planning application to construct 6 homes with car parking on land...

15 of the Isle of Wight’s bathing spots have been classed ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ by the Environment Agency (EA). The environmental protection and regulatory body’s Swimfo data currently shows no places which it advises against bathing on the Island and...

More than a quarter of pupils attending mainstream secondary schools on the Isle of Wight have faced suspension. The Island’s 26.9% rate was highlighted at the recent children’s services, education and skills committee (CSESC) meeting, with Green Party councillor Joe...

A newly elected councillor will be asked to 'consider his position' on a crucial County Hall committee after failing to attend vital meetings. Reform’s Councillor David Maclean has been absent from the first 3 sessions of the children’s services, education...

A county councillor has highlighted anti-social behaviour hotspots in Ventnor. Councillor Ed Blake, County Hall’s leader of the Conservatives and representative for Ventnor and St Lawrence, told Ventnor Town Council on Monday of disturbances by the High Street’s Tesco 'particularly...

A proposal for a new hot food business operating out of an orange shipping container has been refused by planners. County Hall turned down Warren Bigginton’s plans for a new catering unit called 'Pie Guyz' at the Log Yard next...