2-6 Palace View Bridge Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 9HA Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0228 - Variation of Condition Under S73 Approved

Proposal

Variation of Condition 4 (Opening Hours) of Planning Application ref: (Four storey building including accommodation in the roof space, incorporating bar/restaurant and eleven flats with basement parking, following demolition of existing building). Opening hours to be changed from 0800-2300 hrs to 0700-2300 hrs. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Jan 2026
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Validated
17 Feb 2026
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Approved
13 Oct 2026

Approved on 13 Oct 2026 · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Elmbridge Planning Committee on 13 Oct 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the earlier opening would not materially harm residential amenity or highway safety.
  • Residents raised concerns about disturbance, traffic, parking, businesses, heritage, litter and antisocial behaviour.
  • The committee permitted the application with the conditions set out in the agenda.

Source: Plota analysis of Elmbridge's committee minutes, Elmbridge Planning Committee minutes, 13 October 2026 .

Site constraints 8

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 ↗
East Molesey Kent Town conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 166 m away: Hampton Court Palace; Registered park or garden about 192 m away: Hampton Court; 2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the West Molesey built-up area; Air quality management area about 17 m away: Hampton Court AQMA.
Not affected
Not green belt

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.

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Important details

Council
Elmbridge
Application type
Variation of Condition Under S73
Postcode
KT8 9HA
Received
28 Jan 2026
Validated
17 Feb 2026
Ward
Molesey East Ward
Decision
Grant Planning Permission
Decision date
13 Oct 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