An ‘engagement process’ seeking Islanders’ views on a new floating bridge will be held by the Isle of Wight Council in Spring 2025. The process, which will form an ‘integral part’ of the replacement project, will ensure people’s views are...

Restoration work at an Isle of Wight quarry with tens of thousands of tonnes of fill material will continue for another 2 years following a council decision. The Isle of Wight Council has approved a planning application by construction and...

A new plan to enforce housing rules is set to be introduced by the Isle of Wight Council to protect vulnerable tenants and help the local authority avoid financial losses through fraud. An Isle of Wight cabinet member will next...

A row over election expenses has broken out within Shalfleet Parish Council, with one councillor labelling the situation 'anarchy'. Following an at times tense Shalfleet Parish Council on 13th November, the authority’s chair Steve Cowley fired an opening salvo at...

A planning appeal has been launched over a rejected application to keep items related to the construction of a shelved ‘cider and chocolate’ tourist attraction at Hale Common. Carlton Developments Ltd has appealed a rejected bid to keep a barn,...

Sandown's popular play park and gardens could get a new multi-use games area. Sandown Town Council has applied to the Isle of Wight Council for planning permission to construct a football and netball pitch in the middle of Sandown’s Sandham Gardens....

A car and motorbike storage space in Seaview could be demolished and replaced with an artist’s studio and newly built garage. Mr and Mrs Rivlin, the owners of the current ‘low quality’ building in Seaview known as The Garage, have...

The demolition of a 19th century Ryde school wall posing a 'severe safety risk' was granted consent by the Isle of Wight Council. Ryde Town Council justified demolishing the Grade II listed Vectis Hall’s masonry wall on the basis it...

A 14-house development could be built on the edge of Northwood. Applicants Downer and Long, the family owners of Comforts Farm, have submitted an application to the Isle of Wight Council seeking outline planning permission for 14 residential units at...

The Isle of Wight Council leader says he cannot guarantee that council-owned sites listed for sale will be sold for social housing purposes, despite calls to do so from an opposition councillor. Although admitting housing is his ‘number one priority’,...