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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.
3,553 approved · 466 refused · 260 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent The Sheiling New Road Wootton Isle Of Wight
Received 30 Jul 2026Land Between 36 And 42 New Street Newport Isle Of Wight
Received 31 Jul 2026Nyewood Quarr Road Binstead Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 4EL
Received 31 Jul 2026Steepleton Steephill Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1UF
Received 31 Jul 2026Thorness Bay Holiday Park Thorness Lane Porchfield Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8NJ
Received 31 Jul 202626 Pell Lane Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 3LW
Received 31 Jul 2026Checkmate Bowcombe Road Carisbrooke Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 3HT
Received 31 Jul 2026Stroud Recreation Ground Stroud Road Freshwater Isle Of Wight
Received 31 Jul 2026The Boathouse Port La Salle Shalfleet Yarmouth Isle Of Wight PO41 0XF
Received 3 Aug 202636 New Street Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1PX
Received 3 Aug 2026Villa Maria Dennett Road Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5XF
Received 3 Aug 202612 Queens Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 1EZ
Received 3 Aug 202611 Stonelands Orchard Binstead Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 3BB
Received 3 Aug 2026Land Within West Acre Park Elmfield Ryde Isle Of Wight
Received 3 Aug 202631 Downs View Road Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5QT
Received 4 Aug 20261 Alverstone Cottages Alverstone Road East Cowes Isle Of Wight PO32 6NN
Received 4 Aug 2026Beachside Chalets Marsh Road Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31
Received 4 Aug 2026Budbridge Gardens Budbridge Lane Arreton Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 3DH
Received 5 Aug 202639 Woodvale Road Gurnard Cowes Isle Of Wight PO31 8EE
Received 5 Aug 2026Pitt House Ducie Avenue Bembridge Isle Of Wight PO35 5NF
Received 5 Aug 20268 Westfield Park Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 3AB
Received 5 Aug 2026The Haven Seven Sisters Road St. Lawrence Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1XA
Received 5 Aug 202613 John Street Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 2PY
Received 5 Aug 202613 John Street Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 2PY
Received 5 Aug 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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