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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.
2,913 approved · 351 refused · 197 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Royal Corinthian Yacht Club Castle Hill Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7QU
Received 24 May 20246 Green Lane Northwood Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8QG
Received 24 May 20241 Brookfield Cottages Upper Road Adgestone Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0ES
Received 24 May 2024Tides Reach Kite Hill Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4LA
Received 24 May 202489 Leeson Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1PU
Received 27 May 2024Binstead Hall West Quarr Road Binstead Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4EL
Received 27 May 20243 Woodlands Brighstone Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 4DN
Received 28 May 2024Fairylee Bluett Avenue Seaview Isle Of Wight PO34 5HE
Received 27 May 2024Skanor Church Road Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5NA
Received 28 May 20242 John Street Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 2PZ
Received 28 May 2024Land To East Of Newclose House East 134 Watergate Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1YP
Received 28 May 2024Tides Reach Duver Road Seaview Isle Of Wight PO34 5AJ
Received 28 May 2024Land Adjacent To 403 Newport Road Cowes Isle Of Wight
Received 28 May 20241-4 Hampton Mews Havenstreet Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4AJ
Received 28 May 2024Four Lakes Country Park Staplers Road Newport Isle Of Wight
Received 28 May 2024Land Between Chatfeild Road And Allotment Road, Niton, Isle Of Wight
Received 29 May 2024Gladeswood Corve Hill Shorwell Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 3JR
Received 29 May 2024La Veness Esplanade Ventnor Isle Of Wight
Received 29 May 2024Rear Of 8 Rowan Gardens And Land Rear Of 7 - 10 Sycamore Gardens Newport Isle Of Wight
Received 29 May 20241 Lawson Coach House Pound Lane Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1DN
Received 29 May 20246 Solent Lawns Shore Road Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8AX
Received 29 May 20245 Wychwood Close Nettlestone Seaview Isle Of Wight PO34 5JD
Received 29 May 2024Land At Crossroads Of Dodpits Lane Brook Road And Newport Road Freshwater Isle Of Wight
Received 29 May 2024Venture Quays/Trinity House Depot And Wharf/Red Funnel Marshalling Yard To Include Trinity And Phoenix Yard In Dover Rd And Castle Street East Cowes Isle Of Wight
Received 30 May 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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