A contentious bid to redevelop a house in Bonchurch has been appealed following an Isle of Wight Council refusal earlier this year. Hendrik Sabert has lodged an appeal over a rejected application to renovate, extend and install roof-top solar panels...

A popular Cowes cocktail bar may be about to diversify its offering with an ‘alfresco mobile kitchen’ in its rear courtyard garden. The Compass Bar at 10 and 11 High Street, Cowes wants to change the use of the building...

Residents and campaigners have expressed their relief after Isle of Wight councillors voted to save Godshill Primary School from closure. Cabinet member for education Councillor Jonathan Bacon and 6 of his Alliance administration colleagues voted to keep the village school...

Strife is continuing to disrupt the business of an Isle of Wight parish council after 4 Shalfleet councillors broke their silence over recent walkouts. Councillors Jonathan Hill, Chris Beane, Jacky Laurie and Jane Timbrell released a statement setting out their...

A barn looking onto the Isle of Wight National Landscape could be converted into a house, but concerns have been raised over a lack of planning detail. Aidan and Judith Brown have applied to the Isle of Wight Council for...

Under fire councillors faced a barrage of criticism and questions from Isle of Wight parents and campaigners over controversial school closure plans, at Friday night's crucial meeting. The secretary of Unison’s Isle of Wight branch said he could not recall...

Ryde Demolition's site on St John's Hill, from which the company has operated for around 40 years, could soon be flattened itself to make way for 9 new homes. Neil Harrison of Ryde Demolition Ltd - also known as Harrison...

A decision to shut 5 of the 6 Isle of Wight primary schools earmarked for closure has been provisionally agreed, following a vote by the Isle of Wight Council's Cabinet last night (Thursday). Isle of Wight Council leader Phil Jordan...

Following multiple failed expansion bids, Luccombe Manor has been granted approval for 3 new bedrooms providing high end accommodation with garden access. Luccombe Manor Country House Hotel, on the edge of Shanklin Old Village, wants to create 2 standard rooms...

Isle of Wight Council leader Phil Jordan and his 7 other ruling Alliance administration cabinet colleagues look set to vote on recommendations to close  Arreton St Georges CE, Brading CE, Cowes, Godshill, Oakfield CE and Wroxall primary schools tonight (Thursday)....