Private coach and minibus depot at Plot G, Pearl Court, Howey Road, Mountfield Industrial Estate, New Romney
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Shepway Planning and Licensing Committee on 11 Nov 2025.
Where it would be built
The site was Plot G at Pearl Court, Howey Road, on Mountfield Industrial Estate in New Romney.
“25/1759/FH - Plot G, Pearl Court, Howey Road, Mountfield Ind. Estate, New Romney, TN28 8GS”
Minutes
What officers recommended
Officers recommended approval with conditions for the proposed private coach and minibus depot.
“Officer Report Application No.25/1759/FH Site AddressPlot G, Pearl Court, Howey Road, Mountfield Industrial Estate, New Romney, TN28 8GS Officer NameRoss McCardle ProposalErection of a building with associated parking, fencing, and landscaping, for the purposes of a private coach and minibus depot. Recommendation Report NumberRD-438800 Recommended Decision Recommended to be Approve with Conditions Recommendation Date 14 November 2025 Report See committee report.”
Officer report
Consultation responses
Amended drawings addressed highways comments, and highways and ecology officers raised no objections subject to conditions.
“The Principal Planning Officer advised the Committee that amended drawings have been received in response to comments from KCC Highways, who now do not now raise objection, subject to conditions. KCC Ecology have also responded advising they have no objections subject to conditions.”
Minutes
Who spoke
The Principal Planning Officer advised the committee, while Councillor Cooper proposed the resolution and Councillor Polly Blakemore seconded it.
What was decided
Permission was granted subject to an amended description, contamination and environmental health comments, revised and additional conditions, and delegated final wording.
“That planning permission be granted subject to amending the application description, receipt of comments from FHDC contamination and environmental health, the amendment of condition 17 in the report, the addition of an hours of use condition and conditions as requested by KCC Highways and Ecology, and the conditions set out at the end of the report, and that delegated authority be given to the Chief Planning Officer to agree and finalise the wording of the conditions and add…”
Minutes
Sources
- Shepway Planning and Licensing Committee minutes, 11 November 2025
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Shepway's committee minutes and officer report. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Council
- Shepway
- Date
- Tuesday 11 November 2025
- Recommendation
- Officers recommended approval
- Committee decided
- Approved
- Vote
- 12 for, 0 against
- Minutes
- The council's minutes
- Meeting
- Agenda and papers (council website)
- Application
- The application (council website)
- All decisions
- Shepway committee decisions →
Source: Plota analysis of the minutes.
This committee's year
9 decisions in the 12 months to this meeting, 1 against officer advice.
Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.