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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
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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The plans can be viewed via the Isle of Wight council's planning portal and comments can be left until 11th September
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Cllr Andre says a change in policy is needed and the economic climate of the Island demands a totally new, fresh approach to development. The Island Independent Group call for a stop on all large-scale developments prior to a review
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Campaign for the Protection of Rural England on the Isle of Wight (CPRE IW) say "it's highly disappointing to see developers now attempting to destroy what remains of one of the Island’s few remaining dairy farms, separating Ryde from Nettlestone"
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Cllr Michael Lilley is calling for a moratorium on all large scale planning applications in Ryde until there is a fit-for-purpose road infrastructure plan and a new Island Plan which has realistic housing targets and recognises climate change, farming needs and the Island's status as UNESCO Biosphere reserve
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Cllr Lilley and residents say their comments are being ignored, but the chair of planning says there are no material planning issues with the application that was approved under delegated decision.
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This Isle of Wight councillor says Islanders "need to rise up and demand legislation, so we control our own housing, environmental and economic needs" and not be dictated to by "blinkered politicians".
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A delegated decision taken by Cllr Ian Ward to approve double yellow lines without any evidence of safety needs, impinges on the human rights of Hope Road residents in accessing their homes claims Cllr Michael Lilley.
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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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Over 200 comments have been lodged on a revised application to build 80 dwellings in Ryde on "ancient agricultural history that has remained undisturbed and unchanged for centuries".
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Residents in Ryde, fighting to protect one of the last working dairy farms on the Isle of Wight, have taken to making scarecrows in a creative bid to scare off a planning application.
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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.
