127-Home Camp Road Proposal Resurfaces In Revised Form

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.

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.

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.”

County Hall’s public consultation on proposal 25/01505/OUT closes on November 28 and a decision is due on January 23.