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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.
3,026 approved · 366 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 New Road Lake Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 9JN
Received 2 Sept 20242 Adelaide Grove East Cowes Isle Of Wight PO32 6BY
Received 2 Sept 2024Cross Street Car Park Cross Street Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7TA
Received 2 Sept 2024Land Between 20 And 22 Magdalen Crescent Cowes Isle Of Wight
Received 2 Sept 2024Land Opposite 76 To 90 York Avenue East Cowes Isle Of Wight
Received 2 Sept 202435 West Street Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1PR
Received 2 Sept 202436 New Street Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1PX
Received 2 Sept 2024Castle Keep New Road Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4JL
Received 2 Sept 2024Dove Court Holiday Apartments 2 Crescent Road Shanklin Isle Of Wight PO37 6DH
Received 3 Sept 20241 Brambles Lane Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8DR
Received 3 Sept 2024Shrub Cottage Marks Corner Village Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5UD
Received 3 Sept 2024Green Bank 54 Mill Hill Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7EG
Received 3 Sept 2024Beverley Seven Sisters Road St Lawrence Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1UY
Received 3 Sept 2024Various Locations Along Esplanade Ryde Isle Of Wight
Received 3 Sept 2024Various Locations Along Victoria Road Sandown Isle Of Wight
Received 3 Sept 2024F L Lloyd Funeral Directors Bridge Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7DT
Received 4 Sept 2024Palmers Farm Brocks Copse Road Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4NP
Received 4 Sept 20244 Shore Path Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8LL
Received 4 Sept 2024Chalet 1-2 Honeysuckle Cottage Colwell Chine Road Totland Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9NP
Received 4 Sept 2024Newport Football Club St Georges Park St Georges Way Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 2QH
Received 4 Sept 2024Flat 3 8 Fairlee Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 2EA
Received 4 Sept 2024Various Locations Station Avenue Sandown Isle Of Wight
Received 4 Sept 20245 Woodlands Shanklin Isle Of Wight PO37 6FJ
Received 4 Sept 2024Dolphins And Shore House Shore Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1RN
Received 5 Sept 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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