After withdrawal in 1986, this bus with the rest of its batch passed into the ownership of Stagecoach Southdown Portsmouth. They were all sold out of service in 1991. 305, along with sister bus 306 (which is also preserved) ran for an independent operator in Leicester until 2002. 305 has now been sold to pb Bus Marketing Specialists 2007 and repainted into Portsmouth City-Bus Livery.

CPPTD is a constituent of the Working Omnibus Museum Project Ltd, a registed educational charity no. 10204111.