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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.
3,212 approved · 407 refused · 221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
148 Perowne Way Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 9DY
Received 21 Mar 2025Land Adjacent Kenneth House Eddington Road Nettlestone Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1XT
Received 24 Mar 2025Lower Knighton Farm Lower Knighton Lane Newchurch Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0NS
Received 24 Mar 2025Fairview Lower Woodside Road Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4JT
Received 24 Mar 2025Park Lodge Lower Woodside Road Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4JH
Received 24 Mar 2025Whitefield Farm Ashey Road Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4BB
Received 24 Mar 2025Blackthorn Hollow Lower Woodside Road Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4JT
Received 24 Mar 202552 Wellington Road Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 3QR
Received 24 Mar 2025Irwin House Appley Road Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1NF
Received 24 Mar 2025Knights Rest Guest House 20 Queens Road Shanklin Isle Of Wight PO37 6AW
Received 24 Mar 202518 Fir Tree Close Shanklin Isle Of Wight PO37 7EX
Received 24 Mar 2025Fairview Winford Road Newchurch Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0LZ
Received 24 Mar 2025The Bay CE School (Secondary) The Fairway Lake Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 9JH
Received 25 Mar 20251 Gurnard Heights Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8EF
Received 25 Mar 2025Land Adjacent Meda Medham Farm Lane Northwood Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8PH
Received 25 Mar 2025Flats 1 And 2 Shanklin Police Station Landguard Road Shanklin Isle Of Wight PO37 7HT
Received 25 Mar 202547 Grenville Drive Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 3JW
Received 25 Mar 2025Panorama Alverstone Road Newchurch Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0LH
Received 25 Mar 2025Heytesbury House Worsley Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5JB
Received 25 Mar 20259 Castle Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7QY
Received 25 Mar 20259 Castle Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7QY
Received 25 Mar 2025Stone Cottage Kingston Road Shorwell Newport Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 2JY
Received 25 Mar 2025Oaklea Dairy Farm Alverstone Road Newchurch Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0EX
Received 25 Mar 2025Shell Cottage Ducie Avenue Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5NE
Received 25 Mar 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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