Land at Ewhurst Brickworks Horsham Lane Cranleigh RH5 5QH Data via plota.co.uk

WA/2025/01977 - CONSULTATION ON A COUNTY MATTER Approved

Proposal

County matter application. Details of a landscape and ecological management plan (lemp) pursuant to condition 20 and a detailed aftercare scheme pursuant to condition 80 of planning permission ref: and dated 27 september 2022 (this application is determined by surrey county council under their ref scc_ref_2024-0059) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Oct 2025
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Approved
25 Sept 2026

Approved on 25 Sept 2026 · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Associated applications 7

Site constraints 5

SSSI 31 m away: Smokejack Clay Pit SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
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
Inside the Walliswood built-up area; Priority habitat 45 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 16 October 2026. 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
Waverley
Application type
CONSULTATION ON A COUNTY MATTER
Postcode
RH5 5QH
Received
13 Oct 2025
Validated
13 Oct 2025
Ward
Ewhurst and Ellens Green
Parish
Ewhurst
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Nov 2025
Decision
SCC FULL PERMISSION
Decision date
25 Sept 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 347 days from validation, 294 days slower than Waverley's median of 53 for other. Approved, as 100% of other here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
22decided in the last year

Plota live figures for other decided by Waverley in the last twelve months, from validation. Waverley decision record →

Waverley
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#133 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Waverley ranks #144 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Waverley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #163 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #141 of 296
66%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #144 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #134 of 296
70%
Minor dwellings approved
151 decided (1-9 homes)
59%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
67%
Change of use approved
21 decided
1,378
Total decisions
161 refused in the year to March 2026