By Isle of Wight Observer
The long‑derelict Atherfield Bay Holiday Resort has taken a step forward, after new documents aimed at meeting outstanding conditions linked to the site’s redevelopment, were submitted to the Isle of Wight Council.
The clifftop resort on Military Road, Brighstone, has been closed since 2007 and fenced off for years. Once a thriving holiday camp – and later the setting for Channel 4’s Wakey Wakey Campers – the site has seen several stalled attempts at revival. A major lodge‑based redevelopment was approved in 2016, and again in 2022, but the project halted when the previous developer went into administration in 2023. Construction work is ongoing at the site.
The latest submission seeks to meet two key conditions from the 2022 consent. One requires a detailed landscape management plan, including habitat creation and boundary improvements, while another calls for an annual baseline survey of cliff retreat and chine erosion, reflecting the site’s vulnerable coastal position. Earlier attempts to satisfy these conditions were rejected, leaving the resort unable to open.
The new application aims to regularise some “minor as‑built” changes and address the environmental requirements needed to bring the development into compliance. A spokesman for Axis, acting for the owners, said further submissions will follow to deal with lighting and light‑pollution matters.
You can view the documents via iw.observer/planning-portal under reference 26/00147/DIS. Comments from the public are welcomed until February 26.
