More details have been revealed about a controversial housing development on the Isle of Wight – this time about what it might look like.
In 2020, outline permission was granted for 40 homes — 14 of which will be affordable — at Palmers Farm in Wootton, despite more than 120 objections from local residents.
A new application, submitted by MK Assets to the Isle of Wight Council, shows more about the plan’s appearance, landscaping, layout and scale. The design is traditional, matching the area’s setting and character, according to documents drawn up by planning agent BCM, on behalf of the developer.
BCM says the ‘use of brickwork, timber-cladding and well-proportioned windows and detailing will lead to an attractive, functional development,’ introduced to the area in a ‘respectful way’.
However, Natural England has asked for more information about whether the development would negatively impact designated sites in the nearby Solent region.
Island Roads has also objected to the plans, raising issues with the width of the road, visibility and risk to pedestrians.
You can view the plans, 23/00765/RES, on the Isle of Wight Council’s planning register. Comments can be submitted until 4th August.
Any house built after mine should be demolished. This can’t be allowed to go on!
And we don’t have capacity on the island at Dr’s, Dentists, hospital, roads etc, yet we keep seeing idiots trying to build houses.
clearly this lot at MK Assets haven’t thought it through, don’t care or must hate the residents of wootton, by trying to add to their infrastructure problems already.
they are determined to wreck greenfields, increase pollution with more cars, more people, increase demand on already creaking infrastructure and for what….them to make some money whilst living no where near wootton
mk assets should be told – no, not now, not ever.
and the price of a house / rent continues to rise due to supply / demand pressure – I’m OK pull the ladder up ( selfish )
Yes you are right, PROFIT should not be allowed to be king, the Planning Committee need to stop these unnecessary developments, at least until they sort the Island’s crumbling infrastructure and public services.
They also need to get the message that the whole attraction of this Island to visitors is that it is largely unspoilt countryside.
I do sympathise with those whom need housing, but they need affordable housing which most developments are not as they are less profitable. The Council need to give incentives for builders to convert empty commercial properties into housing, it’s a win win – save green spaces, populate the town centres and repurpose empty and unsightly commercial properties, They would be affordable and generate rates.
If we have to build more houses, permission should only be given if 95% of them are ‘so called’ affordable.
build enough houses of the wright ty.pe and they will all be affordable
Can we be told how all the new sewage that will be created by all these new developments, will be treated, when it can’t cope with what is already being created? The one that creates sink holes and dumps sewage on our beaches? Especially when it rains. No new developments until we get our sewer system up to spec.
Also, where will the new people, who live in the new developments, go to the hospital, as St. Mary’s is disappearing? How will the emergency services cope, when they have to waste 3 hours to take patients to a REAL hospital?
How will the roads cope?
Where will they work?
No now May, doesn’t make a difference when you turn nature to concrete.