OnTheWight

5 days ago | onthewight.com | Rufus Pickles

Islanders have been urged to demand an end to sewage pollution at a ‘Paddle Out Protest’ on an Isle of Wight beach. As part of a national day of action to put pressure on the government, water companies and regulators, Surfers Against Sewage will be holding a demonstration at Ryde’s Appley Beach on 17th May 2025. Call for an end the nation’s ‘sewage scandal’A briefing from the marine conservation group says the protests are part of ‘vital ongoing campaigning’ to end the nation’s ‘sewage scandal’.

6 days ago | onthewight.com | Sally Perry

With the collapse of Ventnor’s overhang rock fresh in people’s minds (not least because of the help request recently sprayed onto the debris), it’s interesting to be reminded of the 2011 planning application to trim back the overhang and secure the remaining rockface with a structural steel mesh. The application, submitted by the owner of Sea Cliff—the property is adjacent to the rock on Belgrave Road— was withdrawn after almost 50 objections were made.

6 days ago | onthewight.com | Sally Perry

Overnight, the words HELP have been graffitied onto the large rockfall in Ventnor. It has been six weeks since the iconic overhang rock on Belgrave Road, Ventnor, collapsed onto the carriageway. Residents and businesses in the town have been impacted by the subsequent road closure, whilst the Isle of Wight council has to follow the officials steps to make contact with the owner of the land the rock fell from.

1 week ago | onthewight.com | Sally Perry

Councillor Chris Jarman, Isle of Wight councillor for Totland and Colwell has said outcome of the Court of Appeal hearing on West Acre Park planning permission for 473 dwellings on the site of Westridge Farm “determined that the planning permission was hence unlawful”.

1 week ago | onthewight.com | Rufus Pickles

County Hall has proposed a programme of works at an iconic municipal building in the centre of an Isle of Wight seaside town. The Isle of Wight Council is seeking Listed Building Consent for external ground works to the front, rear and side of the Grade II-listed Sandown Town Hall on Grafton Street. The town hall was built in the Neo-Classical style in the late 19th century, according to Historic England.