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16, April 2015·3 min read

Undercliff Drive: An update on renewing access to the area

Fourteen months since Undercliff Drive suffered a significant landslip, OnTheWight has been talking to those closest to the situation to find out where progress is, including when the public and residents will be able to gain access again.

10, April 2015·1 min read

Have you had your say on the Flowersbrook application?

Today is the last chance to have your say via the council's Website on the proposed onshore elements for the Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre in Flowersbrook.

20, March 2015·1 min read

Letter: Is the proposed tidal energy scheme a hoax?

This reader returns his thoughts to the work that took place at Flowersbrook back in the mid 1990s and questions the purpose of the proposed Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre

17, March 2015·1 min read

Lots of offers and requests in Ventnor Timebank

The Timebank movement is proving to be a great success in Ventnor. Have you signed up yet?

16, March 2015·1 min read

Council extend consultation on Flowersbrook planning app

Yet more documents have been submitted, pushing last Friday's deadline to the 10th April.

13, March 2015·1 min read

Last chance to make online comments on Flowersbrook application

You have until close of business today to comment online about the onshore elements of the Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre proposed at Flowersbrook in Ventnor.

4, March 2015·2 min read

Letter: Tidal energy project ‘another waste of rate payers money’

This reader calls on the council to dump the tidal energy project and avoid the potential of a costly judicial review of administrative action.

2, March 2015·1 min read

Cheeky graffiti cuts man-shaped hole out of Undercliff Drive hoardings (Video)

A cheeky public artist with a sharp implement and a pot of black paint had some fun at those who have cut landlocked residents' access off from Ventnor.

Undercliff Drive - new key padlock on barriers

24, February 2015·1 min read

Access for Undercliff Drive residents reduced even further, without notice

After a year of pedestrian access through the barriers, the residents now have to drive a near-nine mile round trip just to visit friends and the post office a few hundred yards away from their homes. Haven't they suffered enough?

18, February 2015·2 min read

Love or loath South Wight tidal energy plans: Have your say

The Marine Management Organisation considering the tidal energy licence application off St Catherines, Isle of Wight, remind OnTheWight comments on the scheme need to emailed to them by midnight on Friday.

Water filled barriers being added in Undercliff Drive

23, January 2015·1 min read

Council move to defeat Undercliff Drive residents again

Barriers that were installed in October last year to stop landlocked residents of Undercliff Drive using the volunteer re-patched section of landslipped road have once again been put in place.

7, January 2015·1 min read

Council responds to call for longer to comment on beauty spot planning app

OnTheWight asked the Isle of Wight council whether planning officers would consider extending the consultation period after residents continue to experience problems with documents not being available on the council's Website for over a week.

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