Brownfield land in Isle of Wight: 116 sites on the register
Isle of Wight Council has published 116 brownfield sites in Isle of Wight on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 101.4 hectares.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Isle of Wight register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folly Works, Folly Lane, East Cowes, Isle Of Wight, PO32 | 14.00 | — | permissioned |
| Former Harcourt Sands Holiday Park, Puckpool Hill, Ryde, PO331PJ | 11.29 | — | permissioned |
| Former Harcourt Sands Holiday Park Puckpool Hill Seaview Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1PJ | 11.29 | — | permissioned |
| Former Flamingo Park, Oakhill Road, Seaview | 6.38 | — | not yet |
| The West Bay Club Halletts Shute Yarmouth Isle Of Wight PO41 0RJ | 6.15 | — | permissioned |
| Medina Yard, Cowes | 5.06 | — | not yet |
| Land to west of Castle Street & Maresfield, incorporating Columbine, part of Venture Quays | 2.31 | — | not yet |
| Former Sandham Middle School site, Sandown | 2.29 | — | not yet |
Source: Isle of Wight Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 6 further entries repeat the area of a site already listed (councils often record a whole site's area against each phase), so that land is counted once. No site in Isle of Wight states a dwelling capacity on the register, so no capacity figure is shown.
What a brownfield register actually is
Every local planning authority in England is required to keep a register of previously-developed land it considers appropriate for residential development. Part 1 lists all such sites; Part 2 sites carry permission in principle.
What it is not: an entry is not planning permission, and it is not an offer to sell. The council assessing a site as suitable says nothing about whether the owner wants to sell it or what a scheme would actually get approved. England has no zoning — the Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable.
The registers are public and free. They are underused mainly because each authority publishes its own separately, in its own format, so comparing more than one area by hand is painful.
Working the Isle of Wight register properly
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else. Check before you fall in love with a line on a map.
- Treat the dwelling figure as the council’s opinion. The council has published no dwelling capacity for Isle of Wight, so the yield here is yours to establish.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid gives you what actually sold nearby; work the residual land value from there rather than from an asking price.
- Find the owner. Register sites are rarely advertised. Ownership status is listed, and Land Registry title records do the rest.
Questions this page answers
- Brownfield land register Isle of Wight
- Development land in Isle of Wight
- How much brownfield land is there in Isle of Wight?
- Where can I build houses in Isle of Wight?
- Isle of Wight land availability assessment
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