More about the planning policy for the site
Thanet District Council requires any proposals for Humber’s Mill to include the following:
- an average of 40 homes per hectare (net)
- at least 11 hectares of open space
- a new two-form entry primary school
- a range of community facilities, including small scale convenience retail provision to serve the day-to-day needs of the residents
- links to public transport, including bus and rail services
- highway improvements including the widening of Nash Road and links to Nash Road and Manston Road, to local distributor standard between the southern extent of the site and Star Lane
More about the site location
Humber’s Mill is located on a 67.07-hectare site almost immediately north-west of Westwood Cross Shopping Centre, on the southern fringe of Margate in Thanet district of Kent.
The site is bound to the:
- east by new homes (currently under construction), Nash Road, Nash Court Farm (grade II listed) and the Westwood Industrial Estate beyond
- West by Manston Road, Flete Road, allotment gardens, Margate Refuse and Recycling Centre, Margate Road Depot a Cemex concrete plant, St John’s Cemetery and open agricultural land beyond
- north by a disused railway line, newly constructed homes and established residential neighbourhoods
- south by Manston Court Road, newly constructed areas of housing (south-east), some agricultural fields adjacent to the settlement of Lydden (south-west) and Westwood Cross Shopping Centre (south-east)