Britannia House Pool Road West Molesey Surrey KT8 2AB Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0688 - Non-Material Amendments Refused

Proposal

Non-Material Amendment to planning permission to alter external materials and windows, re-design curtain wall, amend location of flats within Blocks A & B, additional lift to cores within Block B, change of communal core and stairs design, and alteration to dry riser and post box on front entrance of communal cores Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
20 Mar 2026
✓
Validated
15 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
8 May 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 8 May 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Associated applications 9

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
Special protection area about 429 m away: Molesey Heath; SSSI about 475 m away: Knight & Bessborough Reservoirs SSSI; Inside the West Molesey built-up area.
Not affected
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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £5,400,000 in March 2016. Other property, freehold.

1 March 2016£5,400,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Elmbridge
Application type
Non-Material Amendments
Postcode
KT8 2AB
Received
20 Mar 2026
Validated
15 Apr 2026
Ward
Molesey West Ward
Decision
Non-Material Amendment - Refused
Decision date
8 May 2026
Elmbridge
Planning Authority Score
2.6/10
Poor
#247 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Elmbridge ranks #195 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Elmbridge is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 79% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 79% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Elmbridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
77%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #277 of 296
79%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #281 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #195 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #178 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
195 decided (1-9 homes)
60%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
72%
Change of use approved
32 decided
1,358
Total decisions
314 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.