{"id":35100,"date":"2022-12-06T16:11:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T16:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35100"},"modified":"2022-12-05T18:26:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T18:26:32","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-island-doorstep-dedicated-tourism-cabins-in-the-isle-of-wights-aonb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35100","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (island) doorstep\u2019: \u2018\u2026 dedicated tourism cabins in the Isle of Wight\u2019s AONB\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-35101\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tree_fruit-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"187\" \/>A former fruit orchard in the Isle of Wight\u2019s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), could be turned into a tourism development as four two-bedroom timber cabins are proposed in a \u2018niche, high-quality\u2019 small-scale tourism business, the <em>Isle of Wight News<\/em> reports.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration only<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 cabins\u2026.would not impact on the supply of residential dwellings to local people\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>The <em>Isle of Wight News<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Almost all the fruit trees are now gone at the site on Coastguard Lane \u2014 a private road turning off Gate Lane and within the Island\u2019s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.<\/p>\n<p>It is also next to the conservation area and Afton Marsh Nature Reserve.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMinimal impact on the designated landscape\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>Plan Research, agents on behalf of Mr Sitch, said the scheme has been destined to have minimal impact on the designated landscape.<\/p>\n<p>It is thought the cabins would allow for year-round tourism use and would not impact on the supply of residential dwellings to local people as more properties are used for holiday lets and Air BnBs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Site access<br \/>\n<\/strong>At this stage in the application, only the access to the site is being considered\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Land gifted to IWC<br \/>\n<\/strong>Land has been given to the council to improve the safety of the bus stop on Gate Lane, heading towards the Bay \u2014 but nothing has happened yet.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sitch has offered to pay for the safety measures&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onthewight.com\/dedicated-tourism-cabins-planned-on-former-fruit-orchard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former fruit orchard in the Isle of Wight\u2019s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), could be turned into a tourism development as four two-bedroom timber cabins are proposed in a \u2018niche, high-quality\u2019 small-scale tourism business, the Isle of Wight &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35100\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35102,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35100\/revisions\/35102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}