Housing plans withdrawn after landowner denies giving permission

Summarised from IW County Press's report · Updated 5 Nov, 18:10 · Archive

Planning permission for four chalet bungalows has been withdrawn after a landowner said consent was not given.

Penny Downer had applied for planning consent to build two pairs of semi-detached chalet bungalows on land currently used as a garden behind 109-113 Old Road in East Cowes. The application was withdrawn after Saraward, which owns part of the proposed site, wrote to the Isle of Wight Council on 14 October saying it had not been consulted.

The proposals faced significant local resistance. The Isle of Wight Society, East Cowes Town Council and independent ward councillor Karl Love objected on various grounds including overdevelopment, highway safety, poor design quality, an overlooking risk and the presence of Japanese knotweed. Ms Downer's agent had argued that providing low-cost homes on an underused urban plot outweighed any identified harm.

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• Controversial housing plans pulled after landowner says permission not givenPenny Downer applied for planning consent to build two pairs of semi-detached chalet bungalows on land behind 109-113 Old Road in East Cowes.IW County Press · 5 Nov, 14:31

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