A controversial bid to build a carport and storage space on the edge of an Isle of Wight village has been rejected for the second time. Planners refused Jonathan Knight’s revised application for a single-storey outbuilding forming a store and...

A closed Cowes pub with ‘no realistic future’ in the current economic climate could be turned into a 6-bedroom, multi-generational family home. Jacqueline Hunt has lodged a proposal with County Hall to convert the former Kingston Arms pub at 176...

County Hall will continue to back a key multi-agency plan to ‘improve the lives of people living with dementia’ on the Isle of Wight, councillors have decided. The adult social care, public health and housing needs committee approved the council’s...

A commercial boat store within the village of Bembridge could be expanded to increase its capacity. OCT Properties Ltd has applied to County Hall for an extension of the Bembridge Boat Storage building at The Duver, looking out to Bembridge...

Concerns over ‘huge’ and ‘drastic’ cuts to NHS running costs were raised at an Isle of Wight Council committee meeting last week. Councillors Clare Mosdell and Joe Lever voiced disquiet over far-reaching NHS changes, which will see local integrated care...

6 Islanders looking to take over from Isle of Wight Council stalwart Rodney Downer at an upcoming by-election have set out their stalls. Residents will go to the polls on 10th July to vote in the Wroxall, Lowtherville and Bonchurch...

A hot food business operating out of a converted orange shipping container could open next to one of the Isle of Wight’s busiest main roads. County Hall has received plans from Warren Bigginton for a new catering unit called 'Pie...

A long-standing Isle of Wight yacht club is looking to carry out upgrades to allow it to continue offering free sailing lessons to Island school children. Sea View Yacht Club (SVYC) has submitted plans to County Hall for a set...

A ‘high quality’ family home with direct beach access could be built in Gurnard. Applicants Keats and Simanke have submitted revised plans to County Hall for the construction of a 4-bedroom house with a garage at 60 Solent View Road....

A former Isle of Wight care home could become a 21-bed house of multiple occupation (HMO). Joubert Properties Ltd has put forward plans to County Hall for a conversion of the former Ward House Nursing Home on Ventnor’s Alpine Road....