Land Rear Of Rosewood And Trenale And Including St Michaels High Street Whitwell Isle Of Wight

1. 1.The application represents an intrusion into the open countryside and a form of back land development that would be detrimental to the character of the area, appear out of keeping with the pattern of development contrary to Paragraphs 187(b) and 135(f) of the Framework and policies SP1(Spatial Strategy) and DM2 (Design Quality for New Development) of the Island Plan Core Strategy.
2. 2.Insufficient information has been provided with the application so that the Local Planning Authority is not able to fully assess potential impacts of the proposed development on protected species, to ensure proposed mitigation and landscape, biodiversity and ecological enhancements would be effective and would secure a biodiversity net gain. In the absence of this information, the proposal is considered contrary to the aims of policies DM2 (Design Quality for New Development) and DM12 (Landscape, Seascape, Biodiversity and Geodiversity) of the Island Plan Core Strategy and the National Planning Policy Framework.
3. 3.Insufficient information has been provided with application so that the Local Planning Authority is not able to fully assess the potential impacts of the proposed development on trees. The proposal would be contrary to policies DM2 (Design Quality for New Development) and DM12 (Landscape, Seascape, Biodiversity and Geodiversity) of the Island Plan Core Strategy.
4. 4.In accordance with the Council's Affordable Housing Contributions Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), this development is required to provide a financial contribution towards affordable housing. In the absence of a completed legal agreement, or any other proposed measures to mitigate for these potential impacts, it is considered that the proposal would be contrary to the aims of policy DM4 (Locally Affordable Housing) of the Island Plan Core Strategy, the Council's Affordable Housing Contributions Supplementary Planning Document and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
5. 5.The application has failed to provide confirmation that there are credits available from a strategic mitigation site, to mitigate the nitrate impacts of the development and therefore demonstrate that the proposed housing development would be nutrient neutral. In the absence of this information, no legal agreement could be completed and as such, the Local Planning Authority is unable to fully assess the implications of the proposed development on the integrity of habitats sites within the Solent. Therefore, applying the precautionary principle, an adverse effect on the integrity of habitats (SAC, SPA) sites within the Solent cannot be ruled out contrary to the aims of policies SP5 (Environment) and DM12 (Landscape, Seascape, Biodiversity and Geodiversity) of the Island Plan Core Strategy, the National Planning Policy Framework, and the requirements of Regulation 63 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Date validated

22 April 2026