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Carlauren Group explain the situation with development at the former Ocean Hotel in Sandown. However their subsequent post to Facebook puts this into question.
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The state of the Ocean Hotel and King's House, both owned by Carlauren Group are being looked in to by the Isle of Wight council's enforcement officer.
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Sally McConkey, of Cross Street, Sandown, set up a petition last week urging local authorities to take action because she says the town is currently in the worst state she has ever seen it.
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Our thoughts are with the 20 staff from the Auckland House Hotel which has been closed following the collapse of Carlauren Group
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At least 16 of the 55 investors in the Carlauren Group who have come forward are from the Isle of Wight, says the law firm organising the Group Action
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It’s emerged the freehold for the derelict site of The Ocean Hotel and King’s House in Sandown has finally been sold. A step forward, but other matters could delay
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Remember yesterday’s good news about the hope of a brighter future for a run-down hotel in Sandown? There’s a significant up date - it’s now become ‘complicated’
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The occupiers say they have no wish to damage or disturb the building, instead they intend to preserve the cultural heritage of this almost 200-year-old building, once frequented by the likes of Lewis Carroll, Charles Darwin and Count Stroganov
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The purpose of the occupation was to draw attention to protecting the history and heritage of The King's Head Hotel in Sandown. This appears to have been achieved. Read the full details within
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Emergency services from across the Isle of Wight attended the raging fire at the derelict hotel site last night
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Paul Coueslant of the Our Sandown Group says inaction has enabled the tragedy at the Ocean Hotel to happen and that the event should be a funeral pyre for the years of neglect by those who know who they are
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The new owners of the former Ocean Hotel have four months to carry out works to clear and tidy up the site
