A former farmhouse ‘plagued by trespassers and vandals’ looks set to be demolished by those behind the Pennyfeathers scheme in Ryde.
Smallbrook Developments Limited has applied to the Isle of Wight Council for planning permission to demolish the Prestwood Grange Farmhouse off Smallbrook Lane due to recent trouble.
Under the plans, the structure would be ‘dismantled by hand and machinery’. Materials from the farmhouse would be taken to a salvage yard or waste site following the proposed work, with the site being left as hard standing.
At a Ryde Town Council Community Planning Meeting on Tuesday, councillors believed the demolition was not appropriate and the structure could be brought back into use.
Those attending agreed the authority’s community planning officer, Chris Turvey, would ‘investigate’ any ‘possible material grounds’ for recommending refusal. If no grounds exist, Ryde Town Council will not object but instead ask that the building, said to sit on land identified for ‘major housing development’, is not demolished until an expected Pennyfeathers housing development application is made.
