Construction has started on the Isle of Wight's major 473-home West Acre Park development after the High Court rejected a second legal challenge to the scheme.

🏘️ More than 40 extra affordable homes could be added to Ryde's huge West Acre Park development under new plans submitted to the Isle of Wight Council.

A residents’ group is again taking the Isle of Wight Council to court over planning permission for hundreds of homes at West Acre Park in Ryde.

A legal challenge over the controversial West Acre Park housing development has cost the Isle of Wight Council more than £150,000, councillors have been told.