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Letter: Conservative councillor criticises Green Party councillors over flood-prone building support
A Conservative councillor voices strong criticism of Green Party colleagues for supporting flood-prone building plans
Westridge Farm
The land at Westridge Farm is recorded as having been farmed for centuries.
A planning application for 473 houses by Captiva Homes – named West Acre Park – loomed over the tenant farmers, The Hollidays, who have been farming the land for over 50 years.
The Isle of Wight council Planning Committee approved the plans on 27th July 2021.
Below are articles relating to the application.
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Ryde mayor backs Judicial Review amid concerns over West Acre Park development
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Isle of Wight residents are crowdfunding a legal fight against a planning decision to approve the West Acre Park development
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The Holliday family say they will lose their home, livelihoods and everything they have worked for over the last 50 years if planning permission is granted for this development
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The ward councillor for Westridge Farm says he believes there was a concerted effort to stop him talking at the Planning Committee. The Monitoring Officer argues he was following external legal advice
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The motion was not seeking to overturn the Planning Committee's decision, but was focused on the process leading up to that decision being made, said Cllr Jarman
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The Isle of Wight Green party say that whilst the planned massive increases in house building will be a win-win for short term speculators, "Islanders and our countryside will certainly be the losers"
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The first Ryde East Citizens' Panel for Ryde East was considered a success with Isle of Wight council officers listening to concerns by residents on planned developments in the area.
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Cllr Lilley has now formally requested the call-in after Natural England spotted an omission relating to the habitat of protected birds of the Solent Coast
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Mitigation had been proposed including turning a neighbouring field into a wetland habitat, protecting the site from human intervention and education boards explaining the site
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The Ryde Town Council planning committee heard the views of locals on Tuesday night and voted unanimously to recommend refusal of the proposed 80 home development on land by Westridge Farm.
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After the Westridge Farm redevelopment of 473 homes passed by the narrowest margin, a law firm has written to the council laying out their concerns over controversial planning committee decision
