Land Opposite Melrose Cottage Loxwood Road Alfold Cranleigh GU6 8ET Data via plota.co.uk

PIP/2026/00799 - PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE Refused
New homes

Proposal

Application for permission in principle for the erection of 1 or 2 dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
8 May 2026
✗
Refused
11 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 11 Jun 2026 · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice - PIP_2026_00799 - Decision Notice (E1 Final).pdf Document · 11 Jun 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 4

Alfold 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.
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Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
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
8 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 September 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
PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE
Postcode
GU6 8ET
Received
8 May 2026
Validated
8 May 2026
Ward
Alfold, Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green
Parish
Alfold
Case officer
Show
Target decision
12 Jun 2026
Decision
REFUSED
Decision date
11 Jun 2026
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, 22 days faster than Waverley's median of 56 for new homes. Refused, as 41% of new homes here are.

53%decided within 8 weeks
59%approved
92decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
29 May 2026

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved
The Crown Public House, Loxwood Road, Alfold, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8ET
Erection of detached garage following demolition of existing detached garage (as amplifie…
WA/2021/03182
2021 Approved
Melrose Cottage, Loxwood Road, Alfold, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8ET
Construction of a single storey side extension; extension of the existing front porch; fi…
WA/2021/0411
2021 Approved
Hillside, Loxwood Road, Alfold, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8ET
Alterations to elevations wth tile cladding.
WA/2021/0108
2019 Approved
Chestnut Cottage, Loxwood Road, Alfold, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8ET
Amendment to wa/2018/1211 for internal changes to the layout and amendment to the roof li…
NMA/2019/0043
2019 Approved
Chestnut Cottage, Loxwood Road, Alfold, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8ET
Amendment to wa/2018/1211 for internal changes to the layout and amendment to the roof li…
NMA/2019/0043
2018 Approved
Chestnut Cottage, Loxwood Road, Alfold, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8ET
Erection of extensions and alterations (as amended by plans received 01/10/2018).
WA/2018/1211
2017 Approved
Hazeldene 2, Loxwood Road, Alfold, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8ER
Construction of front and rear dormer windows to provide a loft conversion.
WA/2017/1652
2017 Approved
Hazeldene 2, Loxwood Road, Alfold, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8ER
Construction of front and rear dormer windows to provide a loft conversion.
WA/2017/1652
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings