Planning

The Sandown Hotel in Sandown, which has remained closed for several years, could now be partially converted into flats. Nick Spyker of Isle of Wight Hotels Ltd has applied to County Hall for a conversion of the north wing of...

Five new beach huts could be installed on a picturesque Isle of Wight seafront. Canice Holding Ltd has applied for planning permission to place 5 ‘sensitively designed’ huts with ‘traditional external finishes’ on land next to Pilots Point in Totland...

A former care home in Ventnor will be turned into ‘high-quality housing’, following approval of planning permission.  County Hall planners have approved Chris Danes of In Safe Hands Home Care Limited’s change of use application to convert Bluebell House at...

Cheverton Copse Holiday Park has been given the green light to install a number of luxury lodges to replace touring pitches, in light of the declining state of tourism on the Isle of Wight. Planners have accepted Mike Haslin’s application...

A proposal for a new 3-bedroom clifftop house with rooftop solar panels within the grounds of a former hotel in Ventnor has been refused. Officers turned down Paul Clark’s application for a 2-storey home off Ventnor’s Madeira Road, next to...

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...

The historic Sloop Inn at Wootton Bridge is set to be renamed ‘Stonehouse at the Tide Mill’ just months after previous plans to change the name to 'The Watermill' were shelved. It was back in December that Island Echo first...

A pair of barns on a farm south of Ryde could be transformed into 3 homes. Eric and Claire Smillie are seeking prior approval to convert 2 barns at Whitefield Farm, off Ashey Road and south of Ryde. Each of...

An Isle of Wight bed and breakfast could be converted into a ‘large family home’ as its owners look to call time on the business. Following unsuccessful attempts to sell, Martin Bradford has made a change of use application to...

A new 1-bedroom flat will be installed in the heart of an Isle of Wight coastal town. Council officers accepted Mr M. Pennells’s application for a change of use of part of the ground and first floor of 17 High...