Units 1-17 Brocade Court, Howey Road, Mountfield Industrial Estate, New Romney, TN28 Data via plota.co.uk

26/0502/FH - Full Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Change of use from storage & distribution use class (B) to flexible commercial, business & service use class (E). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
30 Mar 2026
✓
Validated
12 May 2026
✗
Refused
29 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 29 Jul 2026 · Last checked 14 Sept 2026

Documents 23

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Site constraints 3

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 698 m away: South Brooks Solar Farm, at pre-application; Inside the New Romney built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Shepway
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
TN28 8XU
Received
30 Mar 2026
Validated
12 May 2026
Ward
New Romney
Parish
New Romney
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Aug 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
29 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
John Tomlin

How this decision compares

Decided in 78 days from validation, 25 days slower than Shepway's median of 53 for changes of use. Refused, as 20% of changes of use here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
62decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Shepway in the last twelve months, from validation. Shepway decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 14 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
18 Jun 2026
Shepway
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#49 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Shepway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #5 out of 296. Only 12% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Shepway decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #247 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #219 of 296
96%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #5 of 296
12%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #5 of 296
61%
Minor dwellings approved
95 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
69%
Change of use approved
32 decided
761
Total decisions
139 refused in the year to March 2026