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Albion Hotel Freshwater Bay Gate Lane Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9RA

25/01540/RVCCondition (Removal or Variation)Refused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 11 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Variation of condition 6 on 24/00251/RVC to allow for retention of external lighting

Received
20 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Freshwater South
Agent
Modh Design Ltd
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Albion Hotel Freshwater Bay Gate Lane Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40 9RA. Isle of Wight has handled 681 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Isle of Wight's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Freshwater South. We hold 724 applications in total for the PO40 postcode area.

98% of conditions 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed lighting scheme would be detrimental to the special character of the immediate Conservation Area locality and the wider landscape, which is designated National Landscape and Heritage Coast. The proposed lighting would have an urbanising effect which would erode the low-key tranquil character of the locality, and the application is therefore contrary to Policies SP5 (Environment) and DM12 (Landscape, Seascape, Biodiversity and Geodiversity), DM2 (Design Quality for New Development) of the Island Plan Core Strategy, Policy FNP8 (Night Sky) of the Freshwater Neighbourhood Development Plan, and guidance in the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PO40 9RA
Application type
Condition (Removal or Variation)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Freshwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Modh Design Ltd
Architect profile
MODH DESIGN LTD
Agent address
Studio 1 New Barn Farm Sun Hill Calbourne PO30 4JA

Planning decision

Case officer
Ann Braid

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14415085
Documents
10
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Isle Of Wight
  • Heritage coast: Tennyson

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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and brownfield registers.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

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

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    20 Oct

    Variation of condition 6 on 24/00251/RVC

    This applicationRefusedVariation of conditions (s73)25/01540/RVC
  2. 2025
    13 Feb

    Variation of condition 6 on 24/00251/RVC

    RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)25/00209/RVC
  3. 2024
    14 Feb

    Variation of Condition 2 of 23/00780/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Part of24/00251/RVC

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