Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,132 approved · 390 refused · 214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Oct 2020 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Forest Road Newchurch Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0JY
Received 8 Jan 2025Pink Beach Guest House 20 Esplanade Shanklin Isle Of Wight PO37 6BN
Received 8 Jan 2025Wet Woodland West Of The Embankment Footpath Land At Harbour Strand And Embankment Road Bembridge Isle Of Wight
Received 8 Jan 2025Macquarrie Quarr Road Binstead Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4EL
Received 8 Jan 2025Heasley Farm Heasley Lane Arreton Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 3AN
Received 9 Jan 202512 Postern Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5PH
Received 9 Jan 2025Orchardleigh Shore Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1RF
Received 9 Jan 202513 Postern Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5PH
Received 9 Jan 2025Windrush Swains Lane Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5ST
Received 9 Jan 202523 Riviera Park Apartments Shore Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1RH
Received 9 Jan 2025Solent House Playstreet Lane Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 3LJ
Received 10 Jan 2025Land At Newport Quay Newport Isle Of Wight
Received 13 Jan 2025Pitt House Ducie Avenue Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5NF
Received 13 Jan 202541 Consort Gardens East Cowes Isle Of Wight PO32 6FT
Received 13 Jan 2025Fernhill Farm Fernhill Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4LL
Received 13 Jan 2025Fernhill Farm Applewood Barn High Street Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4LL
Received 13 Jan 2025Land Adjacent To 54 Lincoln Way Bembridge Isle Of Wight
Received 13 Jan 202510 Postern Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5PH
Received 13 Jan 202511 Postern Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5PH
Received 13 Jan 2025Glencroft New Road Porchfield Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 4LT
Received 13 Jan 2025Zion Chapel William Street Ryde Isle Of Wight
Received 13 Jan 2025Silver Sands Court Church Road Bembridge Isle Of Wight
Received 13 Jan 2025Little Ashlake Ashlake Copse Road Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4EY
Received 13 Jan 2025War Memorial High Street Bembridge Isle Of Wight
Received 13 Jan 2025Records 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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