More houses could be built at the former Whitecroft Hospital site on the outskirts of Newport.
Plans are proposed for one of the few areas left at the site that has not yet been developed.
Southern Property Development, based in Dorset, is seeking permission from the Isle of Wight Council for ten four-bed houses in a revised housing plan.
Permission has been granted, through various applications, for 122 homes to either be built or converted from other buildings on the estate, but not all have gone ahead yet.
The site in question does have the approval to build houses on but in a more elaborate style — which has hindered the scheme so far.
In planning documents submitted to the Isle of Wight Council, Andrew White Planning Consultancy says due to the scale and design of the approved houses, the total build cost would be excessive and there was little confidence they could be sold at an appropriate price.
The approved plans are for split-level dwellings, with rooms spread over three floors, a balcony and large glazed elements.
Instead, the proposed houses would be downsized and simplified with red multi-brickwork and chimneys to match other houses.
It is thought the new design would reach a much wider marketplace and would sit comfortably with the historic setting of the site and the already-built properties.
The planning agents said the revised scheme is a way of achieving deliverability, thus “making a meaningful contribution to housing completions on the Island when the council is so behind in housebuilding.”
You can view the application, 22/02272/FUL, and comment on proposals by visiting the council’s planning portal. Comments can be made until April 25.
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