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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.
3,306 approved · 423 refused · 231 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Shore Road Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8LB
Received 29 May 2025Land Adjacent To 77 Place Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7AE
Received 29 May 202514 Queens Drive Brading Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0JB
Received 29 May 202555 - 56 High Street Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1SB
Received 29 May 2025WH Smith 20 - 21 High Street Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 2HW
Received 29 May 2025Blue Skies Moons Hill Totland Totland Bay Isle Of Wight PO39 0HU
Received 30 May 2025Lower Hyde Holiday Park Landguard Road Shanklin Isle Of Wight PO37 7LL
Received 30 May 2025Thorness Bay Holiday Park Thorness Lane Porchfield Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8NJ
Received 30 May 2025Shorefield House Madeira Lane Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9SP
Received 30 May 2025Chalkpit Downend Road Arreton Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 2PA
Received 2 Jun 2025Ventnor Bowling Club Mitchell Avenue Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1DP
Received 2 Jun 2025Land West Of Clarence Road Wroxall Isle Of Wight
Received 3 Jun 202552 Spencer Road Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 3AD
Received 3 Jun 2025Red Dragon 18 High Street Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1SS
Received 3 Jun 2025Medina Healthcare 16 West Street Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1PR
Received 3 Jun 2025St Annes Grove Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1TS
Received 3 Jun 20259 Hilton Road Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8JB
Received 3 Jun 2025Wheelbarrow Cottage Westover Calbourne Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 4JN
Received 3 Jun 202517 Pallance Road Northwood Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8LN
Received 4 Jun 2025Lessingham Russell Road Shorwell Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 3JT
Received 4 Jun 2025Stockbridge Cottage Newport Road Freshwater Yarmouth Isle Of Wight PO41 0YJ
Received 4 Jun 2025Shorwell Methodist Church Sandy Way Shorwell Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 3LN
Received 4 Jun 2025Pen Y Bryn Greystones Lane Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9TX
Received 4 Jun 2025Mount Lodge Queens Road Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9EP
Received 4 Jun 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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