Land at Beare Green, Dorking, RH5 4RL Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2026/01194 - Screening Opinion Decided

Proposal

Screening opinion pursuant to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (2017) ("the EIA Regulations") for the construction of up to 400 residential units including land for a new primary school. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
21 Aug 2026
Environmental impact assessment - required
11 Sept 2026

Environmental impact assessment - required on 11 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Tree preservation order
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Tree preservation orderCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Beare Green built-up area; Priority habitat 14 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Green belt 62 m away: London; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 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

Application type
Screening Opinion
Postcode
RH5 4RL
Received
21 Aug 2026
Validated
21 Aug 2026
Ward
Holmwoods & Beare Green
Parish
Capel
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Sept 2026
Decision
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - REQUIRED
Decision date
11 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Lichfields

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
EC/2026/01282
Committee
24 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
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