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Church Corner Copse Lane Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40

P/02365/08Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 January 2009

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of part of ground floor from post office to additional living accommodation

Received
4 November 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
EXPIRED - Freshwater Norton
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Church Corner Copse Lane Freshwater Isle Of Wight PO40. Isle of Wight has handled 6,479 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 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. We hold 724 applications in total for the PO40 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
PO40 9BS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Freshwater

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2008
Consultation expiry
21 November 2008
Target decision date
8 January 2009

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 November 2008

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
14

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

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© 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: Isle of Wight

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