A new 3-bedroom house could be built close to the cliff-top in Lake. County Hall has received a planning application from the Estate of Sylvia Diana Cox for a ‘traditional’ and ‘high quality’ detached home with a parking space on...

A major vote on ethical pension fund investment following concern over Isle of Wight Council pension fund investments 'potentially complicit' in 'Israeli war crimes' has been delayed due to unseen legal advice. Pension fund committee (PFC) chair Cllr Chris Jarman...

A contentious bid to build a wooden boat store on the seafront in Seaview has been approved, despite resistance from a local parish council. County Hall has waved through Timothy Lyle’s planning application for a four metre by eight metre...

A planning battle over ‘visually intrusive’ new carports on the edge of an Isle of Wight village has gone to appeal. Mr J. Knight and Mrs N. Moore are contesting the council’s refusal of their revised applications for carports at...

A 4-bedroom house could replace empty office space in the centre of Newport. Zen Transformations has sought prior approval for a change of use of 29 Pyle Street in Newport. The town centre property has been vacant for more than...

“There is a neglect, dereliction problem in this town and it needs to be taken seriously,” an Isle of Wight town councillor said earlier this week. Sandown Town Council (STC)’s Councillor Leon Girling accused County Hall of not “prioritising need”...

An ‘International School of Rewilding’ proposal for a 140-hectare site with elk-rewilded wetlands and visitor facilities has won the support of Sandown Town Council. Earlier this week, Sandown Town Council (STC) agreed to throw its weight behind the plans, which...

Controversial plans for a new 3-bedroom clifftop house with solar panels in the grounds of a former Isle of Wight hotel have been refused – but the owner has now appealed the decision. Paul Clark’s application for a 2-storey home...

A 3-bedroom house in the Isle of Wight’s county town could become a children’s home, providing ‘vital accommodation and care services’. Next Wave Care Group (NWCG) has submitted a proposal to County Hall to create a ‘warm, safe and therapeutic’...

Controversial plans to demolish a garage in ‘very poor condition’ in the village of Seaview have come under renewed attack from a local parish council. Nettlestone and Seaview Parish Council (NSPC) objected to Mr and Mrs Rivlin’s proposal to replace...