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There was standing room only at last night's Ryde Society meeting as residents clashed with Isle of Wight councillors over regeneration plans. Read the report from the meeting.
Wayne Whittle
Wayne Whittle is Conservative county councillor for Ryde North East. 
He was re-elected to the post in the 2013 local elections.
He became Executive member for Tourism and business development (including public realm) in January 2017.
Below are some articles featuring Wayne Whittle.
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"We need to keep that engineering heritage", "We can buy this and keep this site for the Island", “It is our decision, we will own it and we will take responsibility for it” and "we will keep a really good reputation for being business-friendly" are just some of the comments by councillors discussing the purchase of Venture Quays
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Isle of Wight Council officers worked closely with staff and trustees of the Waterside Community Trust to put forward a bid
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Despite strong objections and pleas from businesses and beach hut owners, the Cabinet pushed ahead with plans to introduce parking fees for Princes Esplanade in Gurnard
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Dave Stewart says "Our priority continues to deliver on the authority's bold vision for the Island to be an inspiring place in which to grow up, live, work and visit"
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There's been a lot of speculation as to what has and hasn't happened over Cllr Charles Chapman's resignation from the Island Independents. OnTheWight has brought together all of the actual emails and has discovered Cllr Chapman's view on joining the Conservatives.
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The Isle of Wight council reveal the monetary costs, as well as man hours of officers in relation to the Red Funnel Planning appeal.
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Last week Cllr Ian Ward confirmed to the IWC Cabinet that plans to charge for overnight on-street parking was 'a typo'. Today, nearly a full week later, the council are going back on that, saying the now DO plan to charge!
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Raising awareness and money for the Isle of Wight Foodbank, this year the founder of the Annual Big Pancake Day Challenge added a bit of spice by inviting his fellow councillor to take part.
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Cultural regeneration to play a part in the Isle of Wight’s creative future, says new Cabinet member
Cllr Jones-Evans aims to look at how The Arts will play a role in creating jobs and make a noise about the Isle of Wight
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The deadline has been brought forward by two weeks, so if you haven't already applied for the discretionary grant from the Isle of Wight council you need to get your skates on
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Despite questions from scrutiny members being answered prior to last week's Cabinet meeting, three members of the Scrutiny Committee are planning to call-in the decision to agree a 26 year lease to Ventnor Town Council which would have seen the building remain in use by the local community.
