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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.
2,922 approved · 353 refused · 197 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bowcombe Farm Bowcombe Road Carisbrooke Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 3HZ
Received 5 Jun 20242 Harbour Strand Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5NP
Received 5 Jun 202419 Queens Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8BQ
Received 5 Jun 20248C Mount Pleasant Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1ES
Received 5 Jun 2024Corneila Heights 93 George Street Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 2JE
Received 5 Jun 20248 Quarr Close Binstead Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4EN
Received 5 Jun 202419 Fernside Way Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4QT
Received 5 Jun 202455 Warwick Street Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 2HY
Received 5 Jun 2024Millside Middleton Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9NX
Received 5 Jun 20249A - 9B The Arcade Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7AR
Received 6 Jun 20249A - 9B The Arcade Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7AR
Received 6 Jun 2024143 Mill Hill Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7EJ
Received 6 Jun 20241 Gills Cliff Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1LH
Received 6 Jun 2024Villa Victoria Westhill Lane Yarmouth Isle Of Wight PO41 0NA
Received 6 Jun 20245 Newnham Lane Binstead Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4ED
Received 7 Jun 202411 Bellevue Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7HL
Received 7 Jun 20244 Willow Tree Drive Northwood Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8AR
Received 7 Jun 2024Heverswood West Hill Road Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1LW
Received 7 Jun 2024Autumn Cottage Forest Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5LY
Received 7 Jun 2024Former Sandown Snooker Club Leed Street Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 8JQ
Received 7 Jun 2024East Upton Gatehouse Carters Road Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4BP
Received 7 Jun 2024Stumps Quarr Hill Binstead Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4HA
Received 10 Jun 2024Beach Lodge 13 -15 Hope Road Shanklin Isle Of Wight PO37 6EA
Received 10 Jun 2024Thorness Cross Farm Thorness Lane Porchfield Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8NQ
Received 10 Jun 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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