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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.
3,511 approved · 460 refused · 258 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Oct 2020 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Span View Clevelands Road Wroxall Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 3DZ
Received 28 Apr 20266 Shore Road Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8LB
Received 28 Apr 2026Yonder Hills Corbett Road Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 3LF
Received 28 Apr 2026Venture Gas Works Lane Yarmouth Isle Of Wight PO41 0SE
Received 29 Apr 2026Stone Cottage Kingston Road Shorwell Newport Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 2JY
Received 29 Apr 2026Land At Former Newport IW Football Club Unit 2B Wren Kitchens St Georges Way Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 2QH
Received 29 Apr 2026290 Newport Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8PE
Received 30 Apr 2026Arborfield Coastguard Lane Brighstone Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 4HQ
Received 30 Apr 202638 Bellevue Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 7HJ
Received 30 Apr 2026Land Adjacent To The Stables Woodvale Road Gurnard Isle Of Wight
Received 1 May 2026Hill Corner Kings Road Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5NB
Received 1 May 20264 St Johns Hill Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1HT
Received 1 May 2026Mill Heights Campsite Newbridge Road Calbourne Isle Of Wight
Received 1 May 2026Land At Broadsmith Avenue East Cowes Isle Of Wight
Received 1 May 2026Larchwood 18 Castle Street Carisbrooke Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1NS
Received 1 May 202679 Ash Lane Carisbrooke Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5LT
Received 1 May 202647 New Road Brading Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0AH
Received 1 May 2026Seven Sisters House Seven Sisters Road St Lawrence Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1UY
Received 4 May 202634 Cowes Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5TW
Received 4 May 202688 York Avenue East Cowes Isle Of Wight PO32 6QH
Received 4 May 20262 Brookfield Cottages Bathingbourne Lane Godshill Sandown Isle Of Wight PO36 0LU
Received 4 May 2026Beachside Chalets Marsh Road Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8HX
Received 4 May 2026Land Adjacent The Sheiling New Road Wootton Isle Of Wight
Received 5 May 2026Breezy Pines Upper Hyde Farm Lane Shanklin Isle Of Wight PO37 7PS
Received 5 May 2026Records 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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