Plans for flats in Ryde to be converted back into a grand villa The planning agent argued that along with the restoration of other properties in the area, the proposal would act as a catalyst for further restoration Plans to transform three flats back into one house, to ‘restore the grandeur of the residence’, have been submitted for a Ryde seafront property. Windsor House, on St Thomas’s Street in Ryde, is currently subdivided across the levels, which planning documents say has led to uncoordinated maintenance. The property was originally built as a single, family dwelling and before permission was granted to turn it into flats, was also a guest house.