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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.
3,020 approved · 366 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Opposite 30 Churchill Road Cowes Isle Of Wight
Received 23 Aug 2024Land Adjacent To 1 The Green Cowes Isle Of Wight
Received 23 Aug 2024Penn Westhill Road Shanklin Isle Of Wight PO37 6PT
Received 23 Aug 2024Maytrees Buckbury Lane Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 2NJ
Received 23 Aug 2024Shalom Appley Rise Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1LE
Received 23 Aug 2024Webster Cottages School Road Godshill Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 3HJ
Received 26 Aug 2024Higginson House 20 Newport Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7GD
Received 26 Aug 202425 Lower Church Road Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8JG
Received 26 Aug 20243 Shore Road Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8LB
Received 26 Aug 202415 Hooke Close Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9FZ
Received 26 Aug 2024Kipper Cottage Woodside Road Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4JR
Received 26 Aug 202420 St James Square Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1UX
Received 26 Aug 202479 Foreland Road Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5UD
Received 27 Aug 2024Royal View Bellevue Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1DB
Received 27 Aug 2024Junction Of Burnt House Lane And St Georges Way Newport Isle Of Wight
Received 27 Aug 202437C Madeira Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1QS
Received 28 Aug 20248 East Street Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1JP
Received 28 Aug 2024Morrisons Supermarket South Street Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1JQ
Received 28 Aug 20242 Westwood Road Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 3BJ
Received 28 Aug 2024St Michaels Cliff The Pitts Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1NT
Received 28 Aug 202430 Grasmere Avenue Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1NU
Received 28 Aug 2024The Grove Car Park Alpine Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1TB
Received 28 Aug 20246 Marlborough Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5RQ
Received 28 Aug 2024GKN Aerospace Services Ferry Road East Cowes Isle Of Wight PO32 6RA
Received 29 Aug 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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