Planning application
Social Services Headquarters Fairlee House 17 Fairlee Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO30 2EA
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Demolition of existing Social Services building; Outline for replacement building to provide ten affordable apartment units (revised description)
As published by the council, reference 25/01278/OUT
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01278/OUT
- Type
- Outline Planning Permission (Reg 3)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 3 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 19 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 20 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Fairlee And Whippingham
- Parish
- Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council
- Decision by
- Committee Report Planning
- Postcode
- PO30 2EA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
3 Sep 2025
Received by Isle of Wight
-
19 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
20 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Granted
-
10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
34 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE APPROVAL
- IWC ARCHAEOLOGY MEMO RE BUILDING RECORDING (CONDITION 3)
- MRS CODY ALLEN-NEUTRAL(FULL)
- MRS CAROLYN HERBERT
- BAT EMERGENCE SURVEY
- PUBLIC HEALTH
- MRS CAROLYN HERBERT
- MR ISLAND ROADS
- SOUTHERN WATER
- MS SUSAN JONES-NEUTRAL(FULL)
- DRAFT HEADS OF TERMS
- SITE NOTICE
- LSBUD
- SCOTTISH & SOUTHERN ELECTRICITY NETWORKS
- SCOTIA GAS NETWORKS LIMITED
- LOCATION PLAN & BLOCK PLAN
- OPT 8 PHASING PLAN 1
- PLANNING, DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT REV A
- NITRATE NEUTRALITY STATEMEN
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- ATTACHMENTSUMMARY
- OPT 8 GROUND FP
- OPT 8 FIRST FP
- OPT 8 SECOND FP
- OPT 8 SITE PLAN
- OPT 8 FRONT ELEV
- OPT 8 REAR ELEV
- OPT 8 SIDE SOUTH ELEV
- OPT 8 SIDE NORTH ELEV
- NEW1501-P2- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN STATEMENT
- NEW1501-P2- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- APPENDIX 1 PRE-APPLICATION PLANNING ADVICE 17 FAIRLEE ROAD
- 17 FAIRLEE ROAD - ELEVATIONS OF EXISTING BUILDING
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Isle of Wight granted permission on 20 January 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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