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MO/2026/00107 - PIP - Permission in Principle Others Refused
New homes

Proposal

Application for Permission in Principle for the erection of 3 to 5 No. dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Dec 2025
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Validated
15 Jan 2026
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Refused
27 Mar 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 27 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Plans & drawings 1

PDF 20251023_0586_A5110-0001-D3_LocationPlan.pdf Location and Block Plan · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗

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Site constraints 6

Ancient woodland
Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Ancient woodlandCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
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Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m; Priority habitat 27 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
Mole Valley
Application type
PIP - Permission in Principle Others
Postcode
RH5 5ED
Received
8 Dec 2025
Validated
15 Jan 2026
Ward
Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood
Parish
Newdigate
Case officer
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Target decision
19 Feb 2026
Decision
REFUSED
Decision date
27 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 71 days from validation, 7 days slower than Mole Valley's median of 64 for new homes. Refused, as 38% of new homes here are.

38%decided within 8 weeks
62%approved
78decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
EC/2025/01877
Comments by
27 Feb 2026
Committee
11 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
13 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Blanks Cottage, Blanks Lane, Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5ED
Installation of 18 ground mounted Solar panels on timber sleepers with wood chip infill.
MO/2025/02220
2025 Approved
Blanks Cottage, Blanks Lane, Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5ED
Installation of 18 ground mounted Solar panels on timber sleepers with wood chip infill.
MO/2025/02220
Mole Valley
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#270 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Mole Valley is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #240 out of 296. Mole Valley is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 76% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 76% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Mole Valley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
72%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #291 of 296
76%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #291 of 296
50%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #240 of 296
43%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #172 of 296
47%
Minor dwellings approved
114 decided (1-9 homes)
71%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
15 decided
913
Total decisions
259 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings