A policy to ensure Isle of Wight Council-owned land and property assets are, wherever possible, used to prioritise social housing has moved to the next stage. The policy, finance and resources committee (PFRC) has agreed to recommend the draft Land...

A councillor on the Isle of Wight’s new housing committee was previously hit with warning notices over the state of a flat she rented out. Reform UK councillor Caroline Gladwin serves on the adult social care, public health and housing...

A Hampshire and Isle of Wight public consultation relating to landmark local government reorganisation (LGR) plans has been condemned as 'deeply unsatisfactory'. Independent councillor Geoff Brodie has described the online survey, ‘Our Place, Our Future’, as 'possibly the most non-user-friendly...

Planners have recommended a major application for a renewable energy park south of a large Isle of Wight village be conditionally approved. They say Sunny Oaks Renewable Energy Park’s revised plan for a solar power station to the southwest of...

Questions have been asked of a £6.3million grant from the Government to County Hall to repair and maintain land and roads around the Isle of Wight’s prison. At Thursday evening’s policy, finance and resources committee, the Empowering Islanders group’s Councillor...

A nearly 200-year-old church in Bembridge will get an upgraded and ‘more welcoming’ entrance, significantly improving ‘accessibility, comfort and energy efficiency’. County Hall has accepted the Rev Stephen Daughtery’s proposal for the installation of glazed double doors, an improved entrance...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service will hold 2 public meetings this week to discuss proposed fire service changes, including the possible closure stations in Bembridge and Yarmouth. Residents can attend the engagement events being held this...

An Isle of Wight vets will be moving into a prominent empty building in the heart of Newport. County Hall has given Wight Vets planning consent to turn Red Cross House, a vacant former British Red Cross headquarters on Hunnycross...

A bid to turn a derelict Sandown property in a ‘poor state of repair’ into a 4-bedroom house is facing opposition. The property previously The King’s House Bar, is next to the derelict Ocean Hotel in Sandown. It was sold at...

The former HSBC bank in Ryde could be transformed into a block of 1-bedroom flats. Jon Shears of RWS Developments has applied to the Isle of Wight Council for the conversion of 38 Union Street in Ryde. The HSBC branch...