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St Maur Hotel Castle Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1LG

25/01842/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 February 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed alterations and change of use of guest house with owners accommodation to guest house and 2 self-contained holiday units with owners accommodation

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Ventnor And St Lawrence
Agent
MDJ Architectural Services Ltd
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at St Maur Hotel Castle Road Ventnor Isle Of Wight PO38 1LG. Isle of Wight has handled 6,479 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Isle of Wight's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Ventnor And St Lawrence. We hold 1,774 applications in total for the PO38 postcode area.

89% of full 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
PO38 1LG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ventnor

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
MDJ Architectural Services Ltd
Agent address
Fortis House Cothey Way Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1QT

Planning decision

Case officer
Charlotte Howlett

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts 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.

Source: Isle of Wight

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