Planning

The proposed West Acre Park development in Ryde is back in the spotlight, with updated planning documents now submitted for consideration. The application, which includes more than 470 much-needed homes as well as commercial space, a doctor’s surgery and a...

A total of 4 affordable rental flats, specifically for veterans, could be built on derelict land in Newport. County Hall’s community-led housing officer, John Prickett, has applied for planning permission to construct a block of 4x 1-bedroom flats at 38–40...

A new restaurant headed up by the owner of Ryde’s popular Ada Mediterranean Kitchen will open in Ryde, following the approval of planning permission. Planners have given the go-ahead to Sinan Keskin’s application for a change of use of 165...

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...

A new 5-surgery dental practice is set to open in Ryde, providing NHS dental services for up to 7,000 patients on the Isle of Wight. County Hall has granted planning consent to the Harunani & Co Group of Dentists to...

A contentious bid to demolish a garage in ‘very poor condition’ in a conservation area in Seaview has re-emerged. Mr and Mrs Rivlin filed plans with County Hall to replace a building known as ‘The Garage’ on Seaview’s Circular Road...

‘Protecting the identity’ of the Isle of Wight’s ‘historic high streets’ is the goal of new guidance, taken forward by councillors. The economy, regeneration, transport and infrastructure committee (ERTIC) agreed to publish the revised Commercial Frontages Design Guide for public...

Mobile classrooms could be used at Gurnard Primary School, to provide more classroom space when pupils from the soon-to-be-closed Cowes Primary School transfer over. A pair of ‘double mobile classroom’ buildings could be built to allow for ‘additional pupil places’....

A controversial house conversion bid in Totland has been granted planning consent, despite warnings it will leave a family ‘homeless’. Council officers have given Plan Research permission to convert Hurstleigh, a large villa-style property on The Broadway, Totland, in the...

A major application for a renewable energy park south of a large Isle of Wight village has been conditionally approved. Earlier this week, the Planning Committee voted to accept Sunny Oaks Renewable Energy Park’s revised plan for a solar power...