Six two-bedroom houses at Land Adjacent 20 And 27 Westwood Close, Cowes

“Full planning consent is sought to construct six two storey houses. The plans show that the houses would be arranged as one pair of semi-detached houses, located adjacent to and east of 27 Westwood Close, and a terrace of four houses arranged with a staggered footprint, east of 20 Westwood Close.”

“Each house would include an open plan kitchen, lounge and dining room at ground floor level, with two bedrooms and a bathroom at first floor level. Each property would include front and rear gardens and be accessed via a footpath leading from Westwood Close. Six new parking spaces would be provided at the western end of the Close, adjacent to 35 Parklands Avenue, with one space allocated to each house.”

“The majority of the houses do not include parking areas, instead there is a courtyard of garages between the houses within the close, and those that front onto nearby Parklands Avenue. The application site is located at the eastern end of the Close and forms an irregularly shaped area of scrubby vacant land, enclosed by a mix of fencing, trees and undergrowth.”

“TCP/2645/L – Erection of 28 dwellings – Granted planning permission 21 st April 1972.”

“TCP/16774/U – Terrace of 4 houses and play area – Refused planning permission 14 th December 1993. Subsequent appeal dismissed 24 th April 1994.”

“The Planning Ecology Officer has advised that a revised biodiversity metric would be required, that proposed BNG could incorporate onsite provision and advised that a preliminary ecological appraisal should be provided.”

“Island Roads have advised that the development would not result in a severe impact on the capacity of the highway network, would comprise a compliant level of parking but concluded that the proposed parking bays would not include adequate levels of visibility.”

“Loss of light to gardens and houses. • Overlooking of houses and gardens. • There are many foxes and badgers that use the piece of land. • The land should be fully surveyed for any badgers and bats as per the biodiversity code of practice. • Impact of noise from building machinery. • Impact of the development on trees and scrub. • Impact on adjacent oak tree. • The removal of existing scrub and trees may impact on habitat and air quality.”

“The current plan does not take into account that the proposed parking will reduce on-street parking availability for the existing residents and therefore likely to exacerbate parking availability. • The parking would be close to the road junction. • Existing parking spaces would be displaced. • Disruption to the close. • It would be extremely disruptive and damaging to surrounding area as it is a built up area.”

“The Chair informed the Committee that in accordance with the Council’s Constitution (Part 5 – Councillors’ Code of Good Planning Practice Paragraph 5.213) only those councillors who were present at the meeting held on Tuesday, 7 October 2025 could vote on the application.”

“Questions were raised regarding the visibility onto Parklands Avenue following issues raised previously, officers advised that Island Roads comments had not changed, however officers had balanced the speed of traffic and the number of reported accidents in the area against the benefit of the development when reaching the recommendation put forward.”

“Decision: The Committee had taken into consideration and agreed with the reasons for the recommendation as set out under the paragraph entitled Justification for Recommendation of the report and resolved:”