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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.
3,037 approved · 368 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tollbar Cottage Wilmingham Lane Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9UQ
Received 5 Sept 2024The Shanty 10 And 11 Shore Path Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8LL
Received 5 Sept 20248 Debourne Manor Drive Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8ES
Received 6 Sept 2024Land Adjacent Former Newport Football Grounds And To The West Of Pan Lane And North Of Godric Road Newport Isle Of Wight
Received 6 Sept 20248 Debourne Manor Drive Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8ES
Received 6 Sept 2024The Cottage 5 Melcombe House 53 Queens Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8BW
Received 6 Sept 2024Mckinley Victoria Road Yarmouth Isle Of Wight PO41 0QW
Received 6 Sept 2024Horestone Point Priory Road Seaview Isle Of Wight PO34 5BU
Received 6 Sept 2024Flat 1 3 Beachfield Road Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 8ND
Received 6 Sept 2024West Green Lodge West Green St Helens Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1XA
Received 6 Sept 202417 Solent Hill Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9TG
Received 9 Sept 20246 Park Rise Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 9FJ
Received 9 Sept 2024Little Sullens Farm Burnt House Lane Arreton Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 2PP
Received 9 Sept 202420 Dover Street Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 2AQ
Received 9 Sept 2024The Old Boat House The Duver St Helens Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1YB
Received 9 Sept 2024Heritage Centre Farringford Estate Bedbury Lane Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9PE
Received 10 Sept 2024White House Ducie Avenue Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5NE
Received 10 Sept 2024Daffodil Cottage Burnt House Lane Alverstone Newchurch Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0HB
Received 10 Sept 202413 St Lukes Drive Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5XA
Received 10 Sept 2024Cowes Methodist Church Birmingham Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7BH
Received 11 Sept 2024Rose Cottage Pallance Lane Northwood Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8LT
Received 11 Sept 2024Land Between 107 And 117 Newnham Road Binstead Isle Of Wight
Received 11 Sept 20248 St Catherines View St Catherine Street Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1HS
Received 11 Sept 2024Alison 4 Copse Lane Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9BS
Received 11 Sept 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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