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21/08/2024

Pt 2 Ocean Hotel video.

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Ocean View Hotel part 2. 3 days prior to the fire! Isle of wight abandoned sea front basically if the council dont take control! its such a eyesore and seem...

21/08/2024

Most decent estate agents pull together videos of their top properties these days for marketing purposes. Here's an excellent one prepared to promote Sandown's pride and joy, The Ocean Hotel.
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ABANDONED OCEAN VIEW HOTEL isle of wight 3 days prior to the fire this building has been abandoned for several years now when will progress ever be made ? ar...

16/07/2024

It's to in .

20/06/2024

Ocean Hotel Sandown

Former owners, Phoenix Commercial Property Development (PCPD), had until 9th May 2024 to tidy and secure the (derelict) in , after an almost two-year-long court battle with the Isle of Wight council. The building has had an extremely unfortunate time since it closed its doors, including extensive damage caused by a mysterious fire.

I'm not sure that I fully understand on what basis a "former owner" can be held to account in this way unless, of course, there is good reason to believe that the former owner is so "in name only!"

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03/01/2024

01/06/2023

About time! (Extract from Sandown hub FB page)

SANDOWN'S DERELICT SITES AND ESPLANADE PINPOINTED BY CONSERVATION AREA REPORT

The long-awaited management plan for Sandown's Conservation Area is published today by the Isle of Wight Council.

Based on a consultancy report by Murphy Associates, the 43-page document refers to the town centre's familiar eyesores and a 'lack of awareness that it is a conservation area'.

The former Savoy Apartments site, opposite the Library, 'degrades the quality of this part of the town as well as harming the character of the Conservation Area' says the report, while the large former Ocean Hotel site 'despite its near derelict and fire damaged state...contributes to the rich town and roofscape of the conservation area, to the High Street and the Esplanade'.

The Esplanade itself is described as 'becoming tired; it should be the piece de resistance', with 75% of respondents in the report's public consultation 'seeing the Beach and the Esplanade as adding to the special interest of the conservation area'.

The report's recommendations include: a holistic approach to the entire stretch of the Esplanade; improved beach shelters based on architectural public art statements, taking example from other coastal towns and resorts such as Swanage and Bournemouth; and consideration of a beach boardwalk in key locations, increasing accessibility to the water's edge by the less abled and less ambulant.

The full Sandown Conservation Area Management Plan can be viewed via this link:
https://iwc.iow.gov.uk/documentlibrary/download/sandown-conservation-area-management-plan