DRIVER FLEES AFTER CAR HITS SIGN AND SPINS IN VENTNOR
11th July 2026
A ‘high quality’ family home with direct beach access could be built in Gurnard. Applicants Keats and Simanke have submitted revised plans to County Hall for the construction of a 4-bedroom house with a garage at 60 Solent View Road....
Read moreDetailsA former Isle of Wight care home could become a 21-bed house of multiple occupation (HMO). Joubert Properties Ltd has put forward plans to County Hall for a conversion of the former Ward House Nursing Home on Ventnor’s Alpine Road....
Read moreDetailsPlans to give a Cowes town centre bar a raised outside seating area have been refused. County Hall rejected Steve Tewkesbury’s proposal for raised seating to the rear of The Bird Bar at 104 High Street, Cowes. A statement submitted...
Read moreDetailsThe 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...
Read moreDetailsA developer has filed an appeal over proposals to a flat proposal Isle of Wight planners rejected as ‘substandard’ due to carbon monoxide fears. Dev Thakrar’s statement refutes safety concerns the council cited in its refusal of his proposed 2-bedroom...
Read moreDetailsThe Isle of Wight councillor for East Cowes has hit out at County Hall for 'repeating all the same mistakes' with regards to the Floating Bridge. East Cowes Town Council received a briefing last week which Councillor Love said was...
Read moreDetailsA redundant farm barn near Gunville will be used by a vehicle repairs and MOT business. The council has granted the Reads Farm Partnership planning consent for a change of use of an agricultural barn at Reads Farm to the...
Read moreDetailsUpstairs office space in the centre of the Isle of Wight’s county town will be converted into 2 new ‘first-time buyer flats’. County Hall has accepted Jon Carter’s prior approval application to install 2x 1-bedroom flats on the first and...
Read moreDetailsA couple of seaside chalets in Gurnard will be demolished, paving the way for a new 2-bedroom house. The council has waved through Mr and Mrs Huxford’s planning application to demolish 15 and 16 Marsh Road in Gurnard – number...
Read moreDetailsThe 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...
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