🍔 A McDonald’s in Lake gets the green light, a Shanklin hotel extension is refused, and farm barns near Brighstone are set for new commercial uses in the latest Isle of Wight planning decisions.

It could be Happy Meals all round as a new multi-million-pound ‘drive-thru’ McDonald’s restaurant moves a step closer to opening in Lake.

A huge 473-home development, a ‘multi-million-pound’ McDonald’s Drive Thru and conversion plans for a former Isle of Wight nightclub.

The fast-food chain is proposing a new branch on land next to Esplanade Garage on Three Gates Road in Cowes.