The Isle of Wight Council Planning Committee has tonight (Tuesday) refused a hybrid planning application (full/outline mix) for the following:
(Site address: Venture Quays/Trinity House depot and wharf/Red Funnel marshalling yards, located in the vicinity of Dover Road and Castle Street, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.)
(Applicant: Mr Carter – Southampton IoW South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.)
Demolition of the Red Funnel ferry terminal, industrial buildings, commercial buildings at Trinity House and properties on Dover Road, East Cowes; closure of Dover Road, western end of Church Path (to the rear of properties on Dover Road) and closure of public access to the slipway adjacent to the existing ferry link span; proposed Red Funnel terminal building with associated marshalling facilities with access off Castle Street; landscaping and fencing; outline consent for the redevelopment of a mix of uses comprising up to 100 dwellings, up to 1,850 square metres of non-residential floorspace including retail, leisure and commercial premises and 60 bed hotel.
You can view the report before the Planning Committee here
For further coverage of the meeting, including reaction from Red Funnel’s Chief Executive Kevin George as well as local residents, see this report from the Isle of Wight County Press and this report from Isle Of Wight Radio.
