A local councillor is trying to stop the 473-home West Acre Park development in Ryde by calling for the planning application to be reconsidered, despite approval being granted last year.
The application to build on farm land in Ryde was approved by the Isle of Wight Council in July 2021, despite petitions, community and councillor opposition.
While the authority’s planning committee has given the nod for the application to happen, final details have yet to be determined and so the official permission for the Captiva Homes development has not yet been given.
Further calls have now been made from within County Hall to stop the development and reconsider the application. The new motion submitted by Councillor Chris Jarman, who voted against the development in July, is asking for formal issuing of the planning permission to be paused and the application re-considered as soon as practicable.
If successful, the motion could see the development rejected.
Last month, Councillor Claire Critchison submitted a motion at a planning committee meeting after concerns were raised by residents over the way the July meeting was conducted. The motion was withdrawn, however, after the farming family who operates Westridge Farm, the Hollidays, said they had no fight left and would leave their home, after 55 years, if the official planning permission was issued by the end of October.
Council officers have previously said the West Acre Park scheme should be approved.
With the Island failing to meet government-set planning targets, the council has to presume in favour of development unless there is something materially wrong with the application.
The decision to refuse the application would also have to be able to withstand any potential review by the government’s Planning Inspectorate, should an appeal be lodged against the outcome by the developers Captiva Homes.
You can read Cllr Jarman’s full motion on the agenda for the planning committee meeting on 1st March at www.iow.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=163&MId=687&Ver=4.
Less second homes & less holiday homes = increased housing stock for Islanders with a likely softening in prices to boot. Connect the dots you politicians. Use fiscal policy to stop this corrosive cancer on our society. Generation Rent are going to turn against us all eventually.
the government’s Planning Inspectorate, – the individuals that make up that group do not live on the island and would not be affected one way or the other – they have no right to impose more disruption, congestion, pollution, people, rubbish, sewage, demands on roads/schools/doctors/dentist/hospital on those of us that actually do live here.
they can clear off.
it is bad enough now when you look around the towns – deadbeats everywhere and any development would not be for islanders, it would be to import more asylum seekers, benefit claimants and other state dependents here.
Nice 1 Chris,you are a good Councillor.
Thank goodness! The infrastructure just isn’t here to accommodate 473 houses. This is a seaside town. Appears a subterfuge of Biosphere and Dark Sky status. I hope the Hollidays and common sense prevail. Refurbishing and modernising existing brownfield sites is better. The Ice Rink could be turned into a waterfront spa and event venue such as weddings with overnight accommodation for WighLink and Hovercraft users so the tourists can enjoy Ryde before going to other parts. Thank you, Councillor!
Good luck!
Anyone that gets this stopped will be achieving a great thing.
Wish you all the best.
Should never have been sanctioned in the first place, but good luck with the attempt.
What happened to the green island or did they mean concrete graft
Some good news for a change. Well done Chris.
If they don’t inflict that on ryde, they will just do it elsewhere. The greed machine is unstoppable sadly.