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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.
3,394 approved · 441 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beach House Beach House Lane Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5TA
Received 15 Sept 2025Seaview Bay Pier Road Seaview Isle Of Wight PO34 5BP
Received 15 Sept 2025St Michaels Cliff The Pitts Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1NT
Received 15 Sept 2025St Thomas Square Newport Isle Of Wight
Received 15 Sept 2025Junction Of Burnt House Lane And St Georges Way Newport Isle Of Wight
Received 15 Sept 2025Land Between 94 And 96 Crossfield Avenue Cowes Isle Of Wight
Received 15 Sept 2025Stone Cottage Kingston Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 2JY
Received 15 Sept 2025Grainville Winford Road Newchurch Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0NE
Received 16 Sept 20256 Whitecroft Park Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 3BF
Received 16 Sept 2025Seaview Bay Pier Road Seaview Isle Of Wight PO34 5BP
Received 16 Sept 2025Pelhams Town Lane Chale Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 2JS
Received 16 Sept 202512 Culver Way Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 8QG
Received 16 Sept 2025Various Locations St Johns Road Sandown Isle Of Wight
Received 16 Sept 2025Woodside Ashlake Copse Road Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4EY
Received 16 Sept 202564 High Street Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1LT
Received 17 Sept 2025Forest House Bouldnor Road Shalfleet Yarmouth Isle Of Wight PO41 0XL
Received 17 Sept 202516 Sandown Road Lake Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 9JP
Received 17 Sept 20254 Shore Path Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8LL
Received 17 Sept 202580 Fairlee Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 2EL
Received 17 Sept 2025Forest House Bouldnor Road Shalfleet Yarmouth Isle Of Wight PO41 0XL
Received 17 Sept 20256 Woodlands Crescent Wootton Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4JD
Received 17 Sept 202561 Worsley Road Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8JX
Received 17 Sept 202595 High Street Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1BQ
Received 18 Sept 2025The Barns Tapnell Farm Newport Road Freshwater Yarmouth Isle Of Wight PO41 0YJ
Received 18 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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