Potential For More Than A Thousand Homes On Isle Of Wight Brownfield Land

More than 1,200 homes could be built on brownfield land on the Isle of Wight.

The figures are revealed in the Isle of Wight Council’s 2022 Brownfield Land Register (BFLR).

The BFLR  is something planning authorities must produce each year, containing the most up-to-date information about previously used sites it considers to be appropriate for residential development.

BFLRs were first produced in 2017 when 27 Island sites were listed.

It has grown every year since and now 116 sites are on the 2022 version.

More than 64 hectares of brownfield land has planning permission or is already being built on.

This could amount to 1,229 homes across 47 sites on the list.

In the last year, 22 sites have been added, each with residential development potential, including the former driving test centre on Medina Avenue in Newport, the former Zanies nightclub in Sandown and land at the former Shoulder of Mutton pub site on Coppins Bridge.

No sites are taken away from the BFLR but instead given an end date, to signify they are no longer considered to be valid entries on the register.

In the latest edition, there are 27 such sites with an end date.

One of those is the Ponda Rosa in Ashey, where officers said they have removed the site after refusing a planning application, noting it was not ‘achievable or deliverable’ as a residential development.

The Isle of Wight Council owns 15 of the valid sites with the potential to develop 116 properties.

Here are the sites still valid on the register, which has been deemed to have residential potential Brownfield sites on the 2022 register:

11, 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d St James Street, Newport
113 High Street, Newport
117 Medina Avenue, Newport
13 Gills Cliff Road, Ventnor
14 Victoria Road, Sandown
23 Carter Street, Sandown
32a Union Street, Ryde
33 Carter Street, Sandown
33 Noke Common, Newport
37 Clatterford Road, Newport
57-59 High Street, Sandown
6 to 8 George Street, Ryde
7 School Green Road, Freshwater
91-93B High Street, Ryde
Beachside Chalets, Cowes
Belgrave Hotel, Sandown
Bucklers View, Worsley Road, Gurnard
Central, Victoria Street, Ventnor
Cheeks Farm, Merstone Lane, Merstone
Chester Lodge Hotel, Sandown
Christian Respite Centre, Carter Street, Sandown
Clark Masts Teksam Ltd, Binstead (added in 2022)
Curraghmore, Shanklin
Depot site at Lowtherville Road, Ventnor
F H Winter And Sons, Havenstreet
Fairview Residential Care Home
Fallowfield Rest Home, Ryde
Firbank, Shanklin (added in 2022)
Fitness Factory, Newport (added in 2022)
Folly Works, Whippingham (added in 2022)
Former Bus Depot, Pier Street, Ventnor (added in 2022)
Former Council Depot, Victoria Crescent, Ryde (added in 2022)
Former Flamingo Park, Seaview
Former Harcourt Sands Holiday Park, Puckpool
Former Hosiden Besson, Binstead (added in 2022)
Former Sandham Middle School Site, Sandown
Former Sandown Snooker Club
Former Sandown Town Hall
Former Somerton Reservoir, Cowes
Former Timber Works/ Sawmill, Building at Corner of Trafalgar Road and West Street, Newport (added in 2022)
Former Ventnor Methodist Church, Ventnor
Former Ventnor Youth Centre
Former Weston Primary School Site, Totland
Former Zanies Nightclub, Sandown (added in 2022)
Formerly Pondwell Holiday Camp
Highmead and The Laurels (formally Elmdon House), Shanklin (added in 2022)
Idlecombe Farm House, Carisbrooke
La Veness, Ventor
Land adjacent to 77 Place Road, Cowes
Land and Buildings at Lee Farm, Wellow
Land at Fairlee Road, Hillside, Newport
Land at Moreys Timber Yard, Trafalgar Road, Newport
Land between Rink Road and Park Road (Opposite the IW bus Museum), Ryde (added in 2022)
Leg of Mutton, Coppins Bridge (added in 2022)
Marine Parade amusement arcade, Ventnor (added in 2022)
Medina Food Services, 1 Little London, Newport
Medina Yard, Cowes
Mill Court, Furrlongs, Newport
Mountfield Holiday Park, Norton Green, Freshwater
Old Stag Inn, 2 Cowes Road, Newport
Parklands Centre, Cowes
Polars, Newport
Queensmead, Shanklin (added in 2022)
Raffles, Bembridge (added in 2022)
Reynards Boarding Kennels, Wootton
Savoy Court, Victoria Road and 1 and 3, Avenue Road, Sandown
Shanklin Esplanade Car Park, Shanklin
SPA Site, Shanklin Esplanade
St Anthonys Convent, Shanklin
St Marys Convent, Ryde
St Rhadagunds, St Lawrence
St Thomas’ Car Park, Ryde
Steephill Residential Home, Ventnor
Sunny Bay Apartments, Shanklin
Test Centre, Medina Avenue, Newport (added in 2022)
The Esplanade Hotel, Sandown (added in 2022)
The West Bay Club, Yarmouth (added in 2022)
The Worsley, Wroxall (added in 2022)
Thompson House, Sandy Lane, Newport (added in 2022)
Venture Quays, Barracks Building at the Esplanade and Albany Road, East Cowes
Wight City Leisure Centre, Culver Parade, Sandown
Winchester House, Shanklin