A planning application has been submitted to the Isle of Wight Council to create 5 new houses in a residential area of Ryde.

The plans will see 4 bungalows and 1 house built on land on Victoria Crescent, the former home of the Isle of Wight Council’s parks and beaches department.

Planning permission has been sought to build dwellings on the land before. In 2018, the same client as proposed now, Mr Stephen Darch, put forward plans to build 6 houses. Those plans were originally rejected and the application was changed in 2019 to just 5 houses to be built, which was approved. However, the 3-year time limit lapsed forcing is new application.

In June 2020, plans on the same site were also put forward to turn the unused land into a container depot that would house 45 containers and up to 10 motorhomes/caravans. It’s said that the tandem applications allowed options to remain open.

The applicant has chosen to go ahead with the residential application as it is deemed more suitable and favoured by the local residents.

Current plans will see 5 residential dwellings situated on the land, consisting of 1x 2-bed, 3x 3-bed and 1x 4-bed properties, with all the properties detached offering 2 parking spaces each.

Access to the houses – if built – will be off Victoria Crescent.

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