Planning documents say no interest was shown by Brading Town Council or other commercial enterprises to purchase the building for alternative community use
Previous schemes have been approved for the site, including one in 2020, for two houses but they never got off the drawing board due to feasibility issues
Cllr Lightfoot said there was a lot of unrest and ill feeling about the most recent Two Saints property which does not qualify as an HMO because it is classed as two units
Cllr Price said he had spoken to officers about a condition that ensured the homes would be exclusively for Islanders, but got interrupted by the Chair and lost his train of thought, so it wasn't included
The outline application for more than a hundred houses — although no specific number has been set yet — goes back to the Isle of Wight Council’s planning committee this week