Members of the Isle of Wight Council’s Planning Committee have tonight (Tuesday) approved plans for 128 homes and either a 63-bed hotel or 15 holiday units on the site of Harcourt Sands in Ryde.
As previously reported by Island Echo, a revised application for the redevelopment of the former Harcourt Sands holiday park on the outskirts of Ryde was applied for by Zero C Holdings Ltd back in June. Ahead of tonight’s meeting at County Hall the plans had been recommended for approval by officers.
Harcourt Sands, owned by Renowned, closed back in 2006 resulting in over 11 hectares of land becoming an unused eyesore and in 2007 vandals targeted the abandoned buildings resulting in a massive blaze that destroyed the holiday park’s entertainment complex.
The years of neglect are finally set to be bulldozed to the ground with the approval of the largest in scale development in the area since the 1960’s.
Out of the 128 homes, open-market units will be offered to local residents one month prior to being put on the open market to ensure the development attempts to meet the needs of local people first.
Some £518,322 will be paid to the Isle of Wight Council as an education contribution and a further £22,016 as a SPA contribution. A further £20,000 contribution will be made to create the links through Harcourt Sands to Puckpool and Appley Park and provide ecological and community interpretation.
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