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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Isle of Wight Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,866 approved · 343 refused · 197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Oct 2020 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Hazelhurst Gate Lane Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9RD
Received 23 Feb 2024Crab Cottage Grove Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1TH
Received 23 Feb 2024Hurst View Eden Road Totland Totland Bay Isle Of Wight PO39 0EJ
Received 23 Feb 2024Compton Bay Car Park Military Road Brighstone Isle Of Wight
Received 23 Feb 2024Golden Hill Fort Colwell Road Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9RU
Received 23 Feb 2024Queensgate Foundation Primary School Beatrice Avenue East Cowes Isle Of Wight PO32 6PA
Received 23 Feb 2024Land Adjacent 7 Argyle Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5SB
Received 23 Feb 20241 The Bower Alverstone Road Newchurch Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0LD
Received 26 Feb 202440 Bellevue Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7HJ
Received 26 Feb 202434 Broadway Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 9BY
Received 26 Feb 2024Edelbrock Newport Road Apse Heath Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0JR
Received 26 Feb 2024Richmond House High Street Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9JX
Received 26 Feb 2024Land To North Of Palmers Lane And Skinners Hill Newchurch Isle Of Wight
Received 27 Feb 2024Houseboat Puffin Barge Lane Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4LA
Received 27 Feb 2024A3056 Arreton Road And South Of Gore Cemetery Arreton Isle Of Wight
Received 27 Feb 20241 Woodhall Drive Lake Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 9QB
Received 27 Feb 202454 Baring Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8DJ
Received 27 Feb 202412 Argyle Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5SB
Received 27 Feb 2024Royal Corinthian Yacht Club Castle Hill Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7QU
Received 27 Feb 202450 Brookfield Gardens Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 3NP
Received 27 Feb 2024Cheragin Old Seaview Lane Seaview Isle Of Wight PO34 5BD
Received 28 Feb 2024Land Adjacent 45 Furrlongs Newport Isle Of Wight
Received 28 Feb 2024Land Between 11 And 15 Madeira Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight
Received 28 Feb 2024Northwood House Ward Avenue Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8AZ
Received 28 Feb 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Isle of Wight Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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