Planning

A 19th-century Isle of Wight fort will undergo a works scheme to enhance its appearance and maintain the building for future generations. Wildheart Residential Management’s Listed Building Consent application for repair works at the Grade I listed Golden Hill Fort...

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council. They can be viewed online at www.iwight.com/planning. Alternatively, they can be viewed at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Comments on the applications...

Captiva Homes has been granted planning consent for its 130-home Middleton development in Bembridge. The developer’s plans for greenfield land off Bembridge’s Mill Road have been approved with 23 conditions and a legal agreement. County Hall’s decision notice, granted earlier...

A new steering group will be formed to refine bids for the Ventnor Winter Gardens, an Isle of Wight public meeting heard earlier this week. Ventnor and St Lawrence’s Conservative county councillor Ed Blake told attendees at Salisbury Gardens a...

The NHS has said it will object to a proposed 38-house estate on the edge of Rookley unless the developer agrees to pay £58,771 towards increasing primary care infrastructure. A letter from NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight to County...

Plans to expand a Ryde restaurant with an outside seating area, with the loss of vital parking spaces, have been given the go-ahead despite being labelled ‘selfish’ by a neighbouring pharmacy. County Hall accepted Mr H. Afsarian of Binstead Management’s...

An Isle of Wight lifeboat station deemed ‘no longer fit for purpose’ could be replaced with a new building to continue its life-saving service. Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat is seeking planning permission to demolish its current station on Sandown’s...

Cowes residents will get the chance to talk to McDonald’s in person later this week as the fast food giant launches the second phase of a public consultation on its plans to deliver a new drive-thru restaurant in the town....

Isle of Wight political leaders have responded to an accusation of failing Sandown, with a community group saying the town has been 'left to rot'. Council leader Phil Jordan and Isle of Wight East Conservative MP Joe Robertson have answered...

A former Isle of Wight nightclub will become a retail unit in an effort to make it more ‘more marketable’ to tenants, amid a lack of demand for a night-time venue. Otium Properties’ plans for a change of use of...