Planning

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and 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...

A gap has appeared in the centre of Newport after a row of commercial properties were demolished recently and it's now been revealed what it's hoped will replace them. The flattening — which includes the former RSCPA shop, Cycling shop...

Serious issues have been found after a critical review of the Isle of Wight Council’s planning department was carried out, finding issues ranging from a backlog of cases, breakdown in communication and reputational damage. This review of the council was...

A well-known Ryde building is to be decommissioned as its occupier – banking giant Barclays – prepares to move out. Plans have been submitted, by Barclays Bank, to restore the building housing its Ryde branch to its original condition, after...

The following planning applications and appeals have been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council and 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...

A well-publicised large-scale proposed housing development in Shalfleet has been put forward to planners after 2 years of deliberation about its feasibility. Extending the recently constructed Burt Close development, The Warlands Partnership has submitted the housing scheme to the Isle...

A planning application has been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council to create 5 new houses in a residential area of Ryde. The plans will see 4 bungalows and 1 house built on land on Victoria Crescent, the former...

Plans have been put forward to relocate a BT phone box on Ryde Esplanade to a site over the road where one stood as recently as 2018. A phone box previously stood for a number of years outside The King...

Plans put forward to transform a former Lloyd’s Bank on Sandown High Street into a family home have been refused by the planning committee. The Isle of Wight Council’s planning committee shared officers’ concerns on Tuesday night that the change...

6 new homes can now be built on the edge of Gurnard and Cowes after the Isle of Wight Council’s decision was overturned by the government. In March of last year, the council’s planning committee went against officers’ recommendations and...