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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.
3,287 approved · 422 refused · 228 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Oct 2020 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rockmount Undercliff Drive Niton Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1XG
Received 6 May 202593 High Street Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1BQ
Received 6 May 2025Northwood House Ward Avenue Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8AZ
Received 6 May 2025Ansells Copse Caws Avenue Nettlestone Isle Of Wight
Received 6 May 2025Woodford Cottage Littletown Lane Havenstreet Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4RR
Received 6 May 2025Fakenham Cottage Eddington Road St Helens Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1XS
Received 6 May 2025Sewage Treatment Works Carpenters Road Brading Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1YG
Received 7 May 2025Hurstleigh The Broadway Totland Totland Bay Isle Of Wight PO39 0BU
Received 7 May 2025Mole End Undercliff Drive Whitwell Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1XG
Received 7 May 20256 Nightingale Close Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5YP
Received 7 May 2025Buckingham Villa Buckingham Close Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 2DW
Received 7 May 2025Wave House Formerly The Kings House Bar High Street Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 8DE
Received 7 May 2025102 Pallance Road Northwood Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8LS
Received 8 May 2025La Veness Esplanade Ventnor Isle Of Wight
Received 8 May 2025Misbourne The Pitts Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1NT
Received 8 May 2025East Cowes Fire Station York Avenue East Cowes Isle Of Wight PO32 6RT
Received 9 May 20256 Jubilee Close Godshill Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 3HD
Received 9 May 2025Sunset Beach Madeira Lane Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9SP
Received 9 May 20253 - 4 St Thomas Street Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 2ND
Received 9 May 2025Houseboat Petrenda Embankment Road Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5NS
Received 9 May 2025Haslemere Rew Street Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8NN
Received 12 May 2025123 Pyle Street Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1ST
Received 12 May 2025Fields Nursery Town End Niton Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 2EA
Received 12 May 2025Red Cross House Hunnycross Way Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5ZD
Received 12 May 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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