Plans are back on the table for a housing development in an Isle of Wight village — after old permissions expired.
The current greenfield site on the edge of Harry Cheek Gardens in Northwood had previous approval for 28 houses but it expired last year.
Now, keen to bring the site forward, Wight and West Country Developments have submitted new plans to build 27 houses on the land near Pallance Road and Wyatts Lane.
Agent, Andrew White Planning Consultancy, said the only material change in circumstances since 2019 when the 1st permission was approved, was that there is an even greater need for housing.
It is proposed the development would have a range of 2 to 4-bed houses that could either be bought on the open market or through an affordable housing scheme or rented at a lower, social rate.
The planning agents say the site is within the Medina Valley Key Regeneration Area where the Isle of Wight Council is actively promoting housing growth.
In documents submitted to the Council’s planning department, they say the development would be of a high quality and robust appearance, based on modern interpretation of a classical approach.
You can view the plans, 23/00849/FUL, on the Isle of Wight Council’s planning register. Comments can be made until 9th September.
Another green space and footpath obliterated
Agree concreting over a green field site is a one way change of use, impossible to revert back to green pastures.
I firmly believe that new housing should only be built on brown field sites across the island, new builds are rarely purchased by people living on the island, they are nearly always purchased by people from the mainland moving to the island.
It’s one of the primary causes of flooding across the UK, you take away the green pastures that absorbed any amount of torrential rain, replace it with housing estates, all of that rain is then forced down into overloaded sewers and you create flooding.
Leave the pasture lands alone and you never need worry about flooding.
no, no, no…
it is a greenfield site – no more houses
we don’t have enough Dr’s already – no more houses
we don’t have enough dentists – no more houses
we are protecting greenfields – no more houses
St Marys is overcrowded – no more houses
these greedy developers want to wreck the environment, put more CO2 into the atmosphere, create more refuse, with more people on the island, create more problems for islanders on the roads already, create longer waiting times and less availability at healthcare for islanders and for what – them to make money out of it.
the answer is no, clear off
Yes we need ‘affordable houses’ and social housing for local IOW families to rent however every development that is proposed seems to be on a greenfield site. Where are the proposed purchase/rental prices of these affordable/social houses so the public, planning officers and the IOW Council can make an informed decision on whether they are indeed affordable. Although, with over 500 houses at £200,000 or less on Rightmove for IOW do we really need to be building even more on a greenfield site?
We do not need more affordable houses because there are plenty already. This “affordable houses” front is just a stunt to pretend to appease planners. “Throw in a few affordable houses Jeremy and they will give it the green light no problem”. Then buy up the affordable houses and rent them out.
Social housing ! Affordable housing!
How many ?????
And how many for fat cat profits ?????
Greenfield sites are meant to be green space,……
Not full of housing….
More home’s more stress on the infrastructure….
But hey do the council care ????
Answers on a postcard!!!!!!
On a postcard
Dont you mean a postage stamp
Oops my mistake !
Lol …….
More and more developments with 0 new infrastructure, so the quality of life for the people living here gets worse, think how difficult it is to see a doctor or dentist, and if the council keeps approving these developments then it’s only going to get worse, and I thought the council should act in the best interest of the people who live here, rather than lining the pockets of developers by allowing more and more rabbit hutches to be built. Also it has to be said why these developments are ‘much needed’ as the developers claim they are, considering the price point of most new properties it is fairly obvious who these houses are really for…
Iv paid my taxes for over 40 years
I needed a dentist but can’t get nhs after 40 years paying into the nhs
I had to go private. I knew what the problem was but i had to have a £98 check up for them to tell me what i told them. Criminal
The Council’s planning department will be told to push this through as trees and grass don’t pay council tax the more houses they build the more council tax then more money to waste on things we don’t need
Build for need not for greed
Leave the greenfield alone.
The council are busy closing down schools because we don’t have enough children to fill them, but we still need masses of new homes – could it have any connection to the 250 odd Ukrainian people they have given priority housing to from overseas recently, or is it so they can spend the extra 2.2m of taxpayer cash they have been ‘awarded’ to buy even more property solely for use by these folk? How many other imported demographics have they homed on the island over the last decade and what impact has it had on the availability of property for our own younger people starting out? Will anyone from county hall answer these questions ?