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Christ The King Upper College Wellington Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5QT

26/00435/14JPAPrior App - Solar Equipment on Non DomesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 May 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval GivenDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior Approval for the installation of roof mounted solar PVs

Received
27 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newport West
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated7 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Christ The King Upper College Wellington Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 5QT. Isle of Wight has handled 726 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Newport West. 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 5QT
Application type
Prior App - Solar Equipment on Non Domes
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Hayley Byrne

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (20)

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, 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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