A 127-home development proposal in an Isle of Wight village has resurfaced in revised form.
Tallulah Estates has lodged an outline application with County Hall for a housing estate next to Freshwater’s Camp Road.
The plans including access roads, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) provision and landscaping.
Previous refusal
In November 2024, the Isle of Wight Council’s planning committee voted against a 127-home scheme off Camp Road as part of a different application.
The refusal was due to ‘inadequate and deficient’ information relating to surface water drainage and impacts on environmentally protected areas, and surveys of protected bat species.
35 per cent ‘affordable’
New homes for the revised proposal will be 35 per cent ‘affordable’ and designed to a ‘high quality’, with a ‘range’ of unit types and sizes, according to a statement from the Andrew White Planning Consultancy.
It says,
“This outline application seeks to deliver 127 homes and associated infrastructure, making a significant contribution to housing supply within a large thriving village environment.
“Failing to support this application would be a failure of the requirement to provide the right housing in the right location to support the current and future generations of the local community.
“The fundamental facts being that there is an undeniable need for both market and affordable housing.
“The proposal can provide an attractive, functional and accessible environment that contributes to the sense of place.
“The scheme considers existing constraints such as adjacent residential areas, topography, views, ecology and other landscape features to be well situated against the landscape character.”
Support for the scheme
A supporter of the scheme said they have faced homelessness twice since joining the council housing register in 2012, and are currently living with a friend after their rented home was sold.
Despite working full time, rising private rents and affordability checks have left them unable to secure a property, with hundreds of applicants ahead of them for social housing.
They said only a handful of suitable homes have become available in West Wight in two years, and urged decision-makers to consider young working families who “desperately need” more affordable homes.
View the plans
You can view the plans on the council’s planning register (25/01505/OUT).
The public consultation runs until 28th November and a decision is due on 23rd January 2026.
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