A former care home in Ventnor will be turned into ‘high-quality housing’, following approval of planning permission.  County Hall planners have approved Chris Danes of In Safe Hands Home Care Limited’s change of use application to convert Bluebell House at...

Cheverton Copse Holiday Park has been given the green light to install a number of luxury lodges to replace touring pitches, in light of the declining state of tourism on the Isle of Wight. Planners have accepted Mike Haslin’s application...

Councillors will this week consider a cost-of-living support package worth nearly £2million – amid concerns the budget for helping community pantries has been slashed. The Corporate Scrutiny Committee (CSC) is due to examine the council’s plan for delivering Household Support...

The chair of an Isle of Wight parish council has demanded answers following reports of significant delays and 'absolute carnage' on a diversion route today (Monday). Northwood Parish Council’s (NPC) Councillor Steph Burgess Flux said residents 'deserve some transparency” over...

The runner-up in the Lake North Isle of Wight Council by-election has poured cold water over accusations of bitterness. The Conservatives’ Adrian Whittaker said he was neither bitter nor twisted and that his defeat to Reform's Councillor David Maclean has...

Concerns about the loss of funding for the Isle of Wight autism charity AIM and long queues for pharmacy services are key health and social care issues facing Islanders. In a turnaround from Healthwatch Isle of Wight’s February-March report, the...

Cowes Town Council has voiced serious concerns with an upcoming roadworks scheme, which is set to cause major disruption to one of the Island’s main road networks. The north-Wight authority has said it was 'not consulted', nor 'made aware' of...

A proposal for a new 3-bedroom clifftop house with rooftop solar panels within the grounds of a former hotel in Ventnor has been refused. Officers turned down Paul Clark’s application for a 2-storey home off Ventnor’s Madeira Road, next to...

The Isle of Wight Council's battle with a residents' group, who have opposed much-needed homes in Ryde, has cost the taxpayer around £90,000. County Hall recently lost a Court of Appeal case with Greenfields (IOW) Ltd, which led to a...

A historic church hall in Shanklin is set to be converted into a 4-bedroom house. Planners have accepted Mr Hookey of the Diocese of Portsmouth’s application to convert the church hall attached to the Parish Church of St Saviour-on-the-Cliff on...