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Social Services Headquarters Fairlee House 17 Fairlee Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 2EA

25/01278/OUTOutline Planning Permission (Reg 3)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 January 2026

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee11 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing Social Services building; Outline for replacement building to provide ten affordable apartment units (revised description)

Received
3 September 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
5
Ward
Fairlee And Whippingham
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 123 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Social Services Headquarters Fairlee House 17 Fairlee Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 2EA. Isle of Wight has handled 726 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 12 weeks longer than Isle of Wight's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Fairlee And Whippingham. We hold 2,648 applications in total for the PO30 postcode area.

87% of outline applications at Isle of Wight Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PO30 2EA
Application type
Outline Planning Permission (Reg 3)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14259034
Documents
36
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: 19 and 21, Fairlee RoadOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Brownfield land register: Land at Fairlee Road, Hillside, NewportRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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