Plans for nearly 150 homes on green fields in Gunville are a step closer — bridging the gap between already permitted developments.
2 applications — 1 for outline permission for 113 dwellings and the other for full permission for 36 dwellings — are heading to the Isle of Wight Council’s planning committee next week, with conditional approval being sought.
The hybrid application is said to be phase one of the development, which was submitted by DN Associates.
The properties would be built on land behind Arthur Moody Drive and Forest Hills and sandwiched between developments of 100 dwellings to the north, off Ash Lane, and 22 to the south, on Alvington Manor View.
If the applications were to be approved, it could see 271 further houses extending Gunville. Of the 149 properties being considered, it is proposed 35%, roughly 52 homes, would be affordable.
The outline permission is only seeking matters of access and landscaping considered now, with appearance, layout and scale reserved for later consideration.
The Isle of Wight Council is under the presumption in favour of sustainable development due to the council failing to meet government housing targets, unless there is an impact that would significantly or demonstrably outweigh the benefits and, as such, the development has been recommended for conditional permission.
The applications would be subject to 18 and 12 conditions respectively, with the outline proposals having fewer conditions.
In the report supplied by the council’s planning officers, they said the proposed development would provide much-needed housing within an area of land with existing residential development on three sides, minimising the impact of the character on the area.
Between both applications, 147 objections have been submitted from residents, Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely and Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council, citing highways safety issues, flood risks and lack of privacy among their comments.
With the increased vehicle traffic, residents were concerned it would cause traffic issues around Gunville and into Carisbrooke.
Planning officers said the wider scheme would have some impact on the highway network, notably queuing at the Waverley Roundabout at the top of Carisbrooke High Street at peak times, but provision of housing would outweigh this impact.
Along with the housing, the development would, by a section 106 legal agreement, also extend the public right of way, forming part of the West Wight cycle track and secure contributions of £50,000 towards sustainable transport.
The planning committee will discuss the application on Tuesday, as it is a major development but it was also called-in by former Carisbrooke and Gunville councillor John Hobart.
Current councillor Joe Lever, who won the seat in the May election, has also objected to the application.
It doesn’t matter how much people complain about developments, this new council have found Dave Stewarts stash of brown envelopes and guess what, they are probably already labelled up to get delivered too. More concrete and rabbit hutch housing = more council tax. It will never stop until the island sinks.
Commercial land generates more tax, are you sure this isn’t about the housing emergency?
there is no housing emergency and there would be plenty of space from existing stock, if the island didn’t keep importing people from all over the world.
Even it was only children of Calkheads you’d still need more homes. To add on the housing emergency older generation are refusing to downsize meaning they are holding on the the bigger properties pushing younger families out.
Look out here come the afgans to join the ever growing island population.
What housing emergency ? Oh yes, for the mainland people to buy second and third homes…
Seems no one mentions the roads and the amount of traffic already here.. are they going to WIDEN all Island roads, and build more car parks, are these new ‘ homes ‘ going to have driveways ? Very doubtful, how about parking places..??
Usually ends up being TWO cars per household, often more… 271 homes equals about 550 plus extra cars on the road.. That’s just in Gunville.. think of all the other new home sites.. prob adding about 3,ooo more cars Queuing to get through, past or around Newport !! Have to build a ring road around Newport.., yay I say !!
And there is a problem. You shouldn’t need a car to travel around, and especially not multiple per household. Southern Vectis has failed islanders.
Provision of housing out weighs the impact of more traffic , who are they to make that decision ?? Do these ignorant people live in Carisbrooke and Gunville? Have they tried to cross the road by the Waverley ?? Oh course they don’t ,or they wouldn’t be building there !!!!
I don’t know why they are going to ask for planning permission, JUST BUILD THEM
THE COUNCIL DON’T GIVE A MONKEYS WHAT ISLAND FOLK THINK
Concreting over the countryside is not the solution to the island housing needs
There are other brown field sites which should and could be built on. Across the island which can easily be identified. Why did the former Conservative council allow supermarkets to be built where houses should and could be built
Why do they build all these large shops, in NEWPORT.. why not spread them around the Island, so ALL the Island benefits, not just NEWPORT… The Island does not need a CITY… all it needs is good rural roads, and shops evenly spread around the Island, this would ease traffic build ups..
Stupid mainland people in Council.. Isle of Wight is a rural Island… KEEP IT RURAL.. Plenty of cities close by on mainland, leave cities there….
I want to know, What price do they claim is ‘affordable’…. and then in saying X % affordable, does that mean the rest are not affordable.. and to whom ?? How much would an Islander need to be earning to be able to afford one of the ‘ affordable’ homes ? I know a lot of Island workers, many lucky to be earning nearly £12k annually..
It’s so sad and ironic that some of those new roads in Gunville are named after species of birds, Linnet, Kestrel etc, and I highly doubt any of those birds would be seen in those areas now after all the house building, but probably would have been before. It’s like when they cut down a load of trees and then call the resulting places the name of the trees that were removed, to add insult to injury.
we are all just angry that we voted in a council in the hope they would make the island better instead greedy old farts will turn this island in to one massive rabbit hutch estate with pound shops in the middle they are a joke shame on them
I wouldn’t like to be one of the GPs in Carisbrooke surgery right now….
They love to throw these houses up using mainland contractors without any thought for the additional burden on all services. I don’t see any dental practices or GP surgeries being built here….
These are not for islanders and directors/ councillors are only interested in money for themselves, or the name they can make…..
Welcome to the Isle of Wight, literally ALL welcome if the price is right….