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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.
3,380 approved · 440 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To Classic House Chain Lane Newport Isle Of Wight
Received 28 Aug 2025Land Opposite Squirrels Hollow Gully Road Nettlestone Isle Of Wight
Received 28 Aug 202516A Woodside Avenue Newchurch Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0JD
Received 29 Aug 202551 Culver Way Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 8QJ
Received 29 Aug 2025Parklands Park Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7LZ
Received 29 Aug 202516 Melville Street Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 2AF
Received 29 Aug 2025PGL Little Canada New Road Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4JP
Received 29 Aug 202580 Wyatts Lane Northwood Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8QA
Received 29 Aug 2025Walden House Pondwell Hill Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1PX
Received 29 Aug 20253 Albany Road East Cowes Isle Of Wight PO32 6AA
Received 1 Sept 20253 Albany Road East Cowes Isle Of Wight PO32 6AA
Received 1 Sept 2025The Rangers Talbot Road Lake Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 8NP
Received 1 Sept 2025Land Adjacent To 1 Swains End Swains Road Bembridge Isle Of Wight
Received 1 Sept 202595 Staplers Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 2DG
Received 1 Sept 2025The Old Mill House Queens Road Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9ET
Received 1 Sept 2025Flat 1 Clarence Court 22 Arthurs Hill Shanklin Isle Of Wight PO37 6EX
Received 1 Sept 202529 Spring Hill Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1PF
Received 1 Sept 2025Highfield Nursing Home 33 Queens Road Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 3BG
Received 1 Sept 2025Rose Cottage Heatherwood Park Road Totland Totland Bay Isle Of Wight PO39 0EL
Received 1 Sept 202541 And 43 High Street Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5SE
Received 1 Sept 2025The Small Cottage Lane End Road Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5SY
Received 1 Sept 2025Weslac Mill Road Yarmouth Isle Of Wight PO41 0RA
Received 1 Sept 2025The Coach House Manor Road Shanklin Isle Of Wight PO37 6QS
Received 1 Sept 2025The Folly Priory Drive Nettlestone Seaview Isle Of Wight PO34 5EA
Received 1 Sept 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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