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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.
3,458 approved · 448 refused · 250 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Alberts Dairy Whippingham Road East Cowes Isle Of Wight PO32 6NQ
Received 31 Dec 2025Richmond Youngwoods Way Alverstone Garden Village Newchurch Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0HE
Received 1 Jan 2026Alamanda Five Houses Lane Calbourne Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 4JT
Received 1 Jan 202670 Trinity Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1NS
Received 2 Jan 202610 Ward Avenue Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8AY
Received 2 Jan 2026Wentworth House 23 Hope Road Shanklin Isle Of Wight PO37 6ED
Received 5 Jan 2026Buddle Homestead Sandrock Road Niton Isle Of Wight PO38 2NG
Received 5 Jan 2026Buddle Homestead Sandrock Road Niton Isle Of Wight PO38 2NG
Received 5 Jan 2026Former Sports Pitch On Eastern Side Of Luccombe Road Shanklin Isle Of Wight
Received 6 Jan 2026107A High Street Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 8AF
Received 6 Jan 2026East Cowes Fire Station York Avenue East Cowes Isle Of Wight PO32 6RT
Received 7 Jan 2026Fitness Factory 1A Portland Street Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1QQ
Received 7 Jan 2026Gate House Gate Lane Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9QT
Received 7 Jan 2026St Marys Hospital Parkhurst Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5TG
Received 7 Jan 202644 High Street Brading Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0DJ
Received 8 Jan 2026Land Adjacent 12 Paddock Close Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 3FG
Received 8 Jan 2026107 High Street Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1TJ
Received 8 Jan 2026Quarrhurst Lodge Quarr Road Binstead Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4EL
Received 8 Jan 2026Rookley Country Park Main Road Rookley Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 3LU
Received 8 Jan 2026Nautica Afton Down Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9TY
Received 8 Jan 202640 Forest Road Winford Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0JY
Received 8 Jan 20261 Kingslea Park East Cowes Isle Of Wight PO32 6JW
Received 8 Jan 2026Medham House Green Lane Northwood Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8QG
Received 9 Jan 202618 Queens Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1EZ
Received 9 Jan 2026Records 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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