Joint venture for land on the Isle of Wight

Joint venture for land on the Isle of Wight

We use joint ventures for suitable land across the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight has no Green Belt, but the Isle of Wight National Landscape covers much of the coast and downland. Housing is concentrated around Newport, Ryde, Cowes and East Cowes, Sandown and Shanklin, with many villages elsewhere. Typical sites are edge-of-town fields, infill plots, former holiday or commercial premises and farm buildings, with coastal change and ground instability relevant on parts of the coast.

Because the island drains to the Solent, nutrient neutrality advice has applied to new homes, alongside recreation mitigation for coastal birds. Development is focused on the larger towns and the Medina valley, with ferry links to the mainland at Cowes, East Cowes, Ryde and Yarmouth shaping access.

In England, a planning permission normally has to be implemented within three years unless the council sets a different period, and councils aim to decide minor applications within eight weeks and major ones within thirteen.

English councils keep brownfield land registers, and some previously developed sites can be granted permission in principle, a quicker way of establishing whether housing is acceptable before technical details are settled.

The Isle of Wight has no designated Green Belt, so the main policy questions near Newport are usually the settlement boundary, landscape and access.

Parts of the Isle of Wight fall within Isle of Wight National Landscape. Protected landscapes carry strong policy protection, so land in or next to them needs particularly careful assessment.

In short: you contribute the land, we fund and manage planning and delivery, and the proceeds are shared as agreed. It usually suits owners of larger or well-located sites; landowners who want a long-term interest; sites where a sale would undervalue the long-term potential. See how a joint venture works for the full process, pros and cons.