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26/00936/NMA - Non-Material Amendment Refused

Proposal

Non-Material amendment on to amend the wording of condition 4 to allow development to commence in an area of the site that is not considered to contain significant archaeological deposits Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

9 Jul 2026

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Refused

6 Aug 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 6 Aug 2026 · Planning Officer Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Aug 2026

Documents 15

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT REFUSAL Decision Notice · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF PLANNING STATEMENT_INCLUDED_IN_COVERING LETTER Supporting Information · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗

PDF 22 SITE LOCATION SP-01 REV11 Plan - Location · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form - Public Copy · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 8

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 10 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 17 Jul 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗

Associated applications 13

Part of

FullApproved8 Sep 2023council archive

Conditions 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 discharged · 6, 20 awaiting decision · 4, 14, 21 varied
- AmendmentNon-Material amendment to amend the wording of condition 4 to allow development to commence…RefusedThis application9 Jul 202626/00936/NMA
- Show 11 more · 9 approved, 2 pending
  - ConditionsCondition compliance relating to Condition 3 (Archaeological Works) to be discharged14 Aug 202626/01122/DIS
  - ConditionsCondition compliance relating to condition 6 (Final Layout) to be discharged7 Jul 202626/00919/DIS
  - ConditionsCondition compliance relating to condition 10 (Public Footpath Protection + Enhancement) to be…2 Jul 202626/00902/DIS
  - ConditionsCondition compliance relating to condition 11 (Construction Environmental Management Plan)…20 May 202626/00681/DIS
  - ConditionsCondition compliance for condition 8 (Arboreal Method Statement)19 May 202626/00671/DIS
  - ConditionsCondition compliance relating to conditions 9 (Drainage) and 13 (Access Drainage) to be…18 May 202626/00667/DIS
  - ConditionsCondition compliance relating to condition 7 (Noise Assessment) to be discharged18 May 202626/00668/DIS
  - VariationVariation of pre-commencement conditions 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 21…13 May 202626/00614/RVC
  - ConditionsCondition compliance for condition 12 (Construction Access)12 May 202626/00634/DIS
  - ConditionsCondition compliance relating to condition 3 (Archaeological Works)22 Apr 202626/00547/DIS
  - ConditionsCondition compliance relating to condition 20 (external lighting)3 Mar 202626/00297/DIS

Site constraints 6

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Water SPA/Ramsar, Solent Maritime SAC, Portsmouth Harbour SPA/Ramsar

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Isle Of Wight National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Special protection area about 252 m away: Solent & Southampton Water

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Also on the record

SSSI about 252 m away: Yar Estuary SSSI.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Isle of Wight
Application type: Non-Material Amendment
Received: 9 Jul 2026
Validated: 9 Jul 2026
Ward: Freshwater North And Yarmouth
Parish: Yarmouth
Case officer: Show
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 6 Aug 2026
Decision level: Planning Officer Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: DWD Property and Planning

Public comments

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Last counted 13 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15069536
Planning Portal ref: PP-15069536
Statutory expiry: 6 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Isle of Wight

Planning Authority Score

8.9/10

Excellent

#7 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Isle of Wight is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #11 out of 296. Only 15% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England

for householder decisions

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Isle of Wight decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

92%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #84 of 296

95%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #81 of 296

92%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #11 of 296

15%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #11 of 296

84%

Minor dwellings approved

144 decided (1-9 homes)

67%

Major dwellings approved

18 decided (10+ homes)

94%

Change of use approved

34 decided

792

Total decisions

63 refused in the year to March 2026