High Trees Beechwood Road Virginia Water Surrey GU25 4JP Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Erection of a replacement two storey house with basement and replacement entrance gates involving the demolition of the existing house and garden buildings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Jul 2026
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Decided
21 Sept 2026

Decided on 21 Sept 2026 · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

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. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1841 m away: Southampton to London Pipeline Project; Inside the Wentworth (Runnymede) built-up area; Priority habitat about 40 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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, the Planning Inspectorate 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £4,750,000 in July 2025. Detached house, freehold.

9 July 2025£4,750,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Runnymede
Postcode
GU25 4JP
Received
29 Jul 2026
Validated
29 Jul 2026
Case officer
Show
Decision date
21 Sept 2026
Runnymede
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#140 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Runnymede ranks #108 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Runnymede decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #242 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #208 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #108 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #113 of 296
66%
Minor dwellings approved
74 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
55%
Change of use approved
11 decided
661
Total decisions
110 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.