Planning

‘Critical’ repair works needed to prevent the collapse of an historic stone barn wall within the grounds of Northwood House have been approved. Planners have given the go ahead to Northwood House Charitable Trust’s Listed Building Consent application to repair...

A ‘high-quality’ family home with direct beach access will be built in Gurnard following approval of a planning application. Applicants Keats and Simanke have been granted planning permission to construct a 4-bedroom house with a garage at 60 Solent View...

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...

Plans for a new ‘multi-million-pound’ McDonald’s restaurant on the Isle of Wight were waved through last night (Tuesday), subject to conditions. The planning committee ditched council officers’ recommendation to reject the proposed ‘drive-thru’ facility off Newport Road in Lake. Councillor...

Five new beach huts will be installed on the seafront at Totland. Council officers have granted Canice Holding planning permission to place 5 ‘sensitively designed’ huts with ‘traditional external finishes’ on land next to Pilots Point in Totland Bay. Canice...

An Isle of Wight vets will be moving into a prominent empty building in the heart of Newport. County Hall has given Wight Vets planning consent to turn Red Cross House, a vacant former British Red Cross headquarters on Hunnycross...

A bid to turn a derelict Sandown property in a ‘poor state of repair’ into a 4-bedroom house is facing opposition. The property previously The King’s House Bar, is next to the derelict Ocean Hotel in Sandown. It was sold at...

The former HSBC bank in Ryde could be transformed into a block of 1-bedroom flats. Jon Shears of RWS Developments has applied to the Isle of Wight Council for the conversion of 38 Union Street in Ryde. The HSBC branch...

A pair of 3-bedroom houses could replace vacant office space in the historic centre of the Isle of Wight’s county town. Council planners have received an application from Peter Groves of Niton Developments Ltd for a conversion of offices at...

Part of a closed hotel in the seaside town of Sandown will house 4 new flats, it has been decided. County Hall has accepted a proposal from Isle of Wight Hotels Ltd - led by Nick Spyker - for a...