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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.
3,336 approved · 432 refused · 234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Southlands Castle Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1LG
Received 4 Jul 202531 Solent View Road Nettlestone Seaview Isle Of Wight PO34 5HX
Received 4 Jul 2025Chessell Pottery Brook Road Calbourne Yarmouth Isle Of Wight PO41 0UE
Received 4 Jul 2025Land Adjacent Burnside 8 Ranalagh Drive Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4EB
Received 4 Jul 2025Bridge Over Palmers Brook Staplers Road Newport Isle Of Wight
Received 4 Jul 202579 Foreland Road Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5UD
Received 7 Jul 202510 Waterloo Crescent Binstead Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 3QP
Received 7 Jul 202554 Buckland Gardens Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 3AG
Received 7 Jul 202529 Solent View Road Nettlestone Seaview Isle Of Wight PO34 5HX
Received 7 Jul 2025Woodlands Quarr Road Binstead Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4EL
Received 7 Jul 202513 - 17 West Hill Road Ryde Isle Of Wight
Received 7 Jul 2025The Haven Camp Road Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9HJ
Received 7 Jul 2025Land To The Rear Of The Heritage To Shepards Hay Tuttons Hill And Fronting Place Road Cowes Isle Of Wight
Received 8 Jul 20257 Ranelagh Road Lake Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 8NX
Received 8 Jul 2025156 Mill Hill Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7EL
Received 8 Jul 202555 Albert Street Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1EU
Received 8 Jul 20251 Percy Road Lake Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 9HS
Received 8 Jul 202511 St Johns Close Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1LU
Received 8 Jul 2025Cridmore Farm Cridmore Lane Gatcombe Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 3HH
Received 8 Jul 2025106 Upper Moorgreen Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7LF
Received 9 Jul 20251 Belmont Cottages Lushington Hill Newport Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4NR
Received 9 Jul 2025191 Park Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7NP
Received 9 Jul 202524 Coronation Avenue Northwood Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8PN
Received 9 Jul 2025Rose Cottage Southgrove Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1TW
Received 9 Jul 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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