More than 1,200 homes could be built on brownfield land on the Isle of Wight.
The figures are revealed in the Isle of Wight council’s 2022 Brownfield Land Register (BFLR).
The BFLR is something planning authorities must produce each year, containing the most up-to-date information about previously used sites it considers to be appropriate for residential development.
27 sites in 2017
BFLRs were first produced in 2017 when 27 Island sites were listed.
It has grown every year since and now 116 sites are on the 2022 version.
More than 64 hectares of brownfield land has planning permission or is already being built on.
This could amount to 1,229 homes across 47 sites on the list.
22 sites added in last year
In the last year, 22 sites have been added, each with residential development potential, including the former driving test centre on Medina Avenue in Newport, the former Zanies nightclub in Sandown and land at the former Shoulder of Mutton pub site on Coppins Bridge.
27 sites effectively ‘removed’ from list
No sites are taken away from the BFLR, but instead given an end date, to signify they are no longer considered to be valid entries on the register.
In the latest edition, there are 27 such sites with an end date.
One of those is the Ponda Rosa in Ashey, where officers said they have removed the site after refusing a planning application, noting it was not ‘achievable or deliverable’ as a residential development.
15 valid sites owned by IWC
The Isle of Wight council owns 15 of the valid sites with the potential to develop 116 properties.
Here are the sites still valid on the register, which has been deemed to have residential potential
Sites on the register
Brownfield sites on the 2022 register:
- 11, 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d St James Street, Newport
- 113 High Street, Newport
- 117 Medina Avenue, Newport
- 13 Gills Cliff Road, Ventnor
- 14 Victoria Road, Sandown
- 23 Carter Street, Sandown
- 32a Union Street, Ryde
- 33 Carter Street, Sandown
- 33 Noke Common, Newport
- 37 Clatterford Road, Newport
- 57-59 High Street, Sandown
- 6 to 8 George Street, Ryde
- 7 School Green Road, Freshwater
- 91-93B High Street, Ryde
- Beachside Chalets, Cowes
- Belgrave Hotel, Sandown
- Bucklers View, Worsley Road, Gurnard
- Central, Victoria Street, Ventnor
- Cheeks Farm, Merstone Lane, Merstone
- Chester Lodge Hotel, Sandown
- Christian Respite Centre, Carter Street, Sandown
- Clark Masts Teksam Ltd, Binstead (added in 2022)
- Curraghmore, Shanklin
- Depot site at Lowtherville Road, Ventnor
- F H Winter And Sons, Havenstreet
- Fairview Residential Care Home
- Fallowfield Rest Home, Ryde
- Firbank, Shanklin (added in 2022)
- Fitness Factory, Newport (added in 2022)
- Folly Works, Whippingham (added in 2022)
- Former Bus Depot, Pier Street, Ventnor (added in 2022)
- Former Council Depot, Victoria Crescent, Ryde (added in 2022)
- Former Flamingo Park, Seaview
- Former Harcourt Sands Holiday Park, Puckpool
- Former Hosiden Besson, Binstead (added in 2022)
- Former Sandham Middle School Site, Sandown
- Former Sandown Snooker Club
- Former Sandown Town Hall
- Former Somerton Reservoir, Cowes
- Former Timber Works/ Sawmill, Building at Corner of Trafalgar Road and West Street, Newport (added in 2022)
- Former Ventnor Methodist Church, Ventnor
- Former Ventnor Youth Centre
- Former Weston Primary School Site, Totland
- Former Zanies Nightclub, Sandown (added in 2022)
- Formerly Pondwell Holiday Camp
- Highmead and The Laurels (formally Elmdon House), Shanklin (added in 2022)
- Idlecombe Farm House, Carisbrooke
- La Veness, Ventor
- Land adjacent to 77 Place Road, Cowes
- Land and Buildings at Lee Farm, Wellow
- Land at Fairlee Road, Hillside, Newport
- Land at Moreys Timber Yard, Trafalgar Road, Newport
- Land between Rink Road and Park Road (Opposite the IW bus Museum), Ryde (added in 2022)
- Leg of Mutton, Coppins Bridge (added in 2022)
- Marine Parade amusement arcade, Ventnor (added in 2022)
- Medina Food Services, 1 Little London, Newport
- Medina Yard, Cowes
- Mill Court, Furrlongs, Newport
- Mountfield Holiday Park, Norton Green, Freshwater
- Old Stag Inn, 2 Cowes Road, Newport
- Parklands Centre, Cowes
- Polars, Newport
- Queensmead, Shanklin (added in 2022)
- Raffles, Bembridge (added in 2022)
- Reynards Boarding Kennels, Wootton
- Savoy Court, Victoria Road and 1 and 3, Avenue Road, Sandown
- Shanklin Esplanade Car Park, Shanklin
- SPA Site, Shanklin Esplanade
- St Anthonys Convent, Shanklin
- St Marys Convent, Ryde
- St Rhadagunds, St Lawrence
- St Thomas’ Car Park, Ryde
- Steephill Residential Home, Ventnor
- Sunny Bay Apartments, Shanklin
- Test Centre, Medina Avenue, Newport (added in 2022)
- The Esplanade Hotel, Sandown (added in 2022)
- The West Bay Club, Yarmouth (added in 2022)
- The Worsley, Wroxall (added in 2022)
- Thompson House, Sandy Lane, Newport (added in 2022)
- Venture Quays, Barracks Building at the Esplanade and Albany Road, East Cowes
- Wight City Leisure Centre, Culver Parade, Sandown
- Winchester House, Shanklin
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