By Rufus Pickles - Local Democracy Reporter
A proposal for a huge Isle of Wight housing development has been conditionally approved by the planning committee yesterday evening. (Tuesday).
Seven councillors voted to grant Captiva Homes consent for its revised plans for a 473-home estate at West Acre Park in Ryde, including commercial space, a doctor’s surgery and a cafe, with four against.
County Hall’s previous permission for the development in August 2023 led to Elmfield residents group Greenfields taking the local authority to court. The case ultimately reached the Court of Appeal and following an April hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London judges ordered the 2023 permission to be quashed due to the council failing to publish a Section 106 planning obligation before the consent.
Section 106 planning obligations are mechanisms to make development proposals acceptable by mitigating their impacts, often involving financial contributions for affordable housing or infrastructure provision.
Carole Dennett