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Residents were on high alert when workmen arrived at Birch Close, so News OnTheWight got in touch with the council to find out what was happening
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Seely sought assurances that once new planning laws come into place that the Island Plan's standard methodology used for setting housing numbers would be reviewed
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Cllr Bacon says the basis upon which changes to the Island Plan are proposed is "clearly severely flawed, will almost certainly take well over a year and will likely achieve nothing other than delay"
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Cllr Robertson responds to the accusation that he's playing Monopoly with planning in Newport and calls for the Cabinet to overrule the Scrutiny Committee's recommendations
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Permission granted in 2017 has expired, so an identical application has been submitted for approval
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Speaking to more than 70 people over three days, the review was carried out by officers from other councils at no cost to the local authority
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Cllr Ian Ward supported the application saying it was government policy to encourage empty buildings to be changed for residential use, to stop the decline of high streets
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According to government figures, 121 homes on the Island have been empty for more than two years, with 449 homes empty for more than six months
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Freshwater has the largest allocation of any village on the Isle of Wight for new homes in the next 15 years say the Parish Council
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The agent for the applicant argues that the pair of semi-detached homes would optimise the use of this derelict urban land and provided much-needed housing
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The Planning Inspectorate will be running the next consultation on the draft Island Plan, the latest version of which goes to the Scrutiny Committee and Cabinet in April
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Plans for a "discreet and well-designed" glass extension to the Royal Ocean Racing Club on Castle Hill have been met with mixed feelings from locals
