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MO/2026/01309 - Proposed Certificate of Lawful Use Decided

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development in respect of the erection of 2 No. single storey outbuildings to accommodate a gym and office. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

5 Aug 2026

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Decided

Decided · Delegated · Last checked 29 Sept 2026

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Application forms 1

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Site constraints 6

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.

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

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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 Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Local nature reserve 270 m away: River Mole

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Public byway open to all traffic 28 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Not affected

No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 24 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: Proposed Certificate of Lawful Use
Postcode: KT22 0AU
Received: 5 Aug 2026
Validated: 5 Aug 2026
Ward: Leatherhead North
Parish: Non Parish Area
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: CGA Design & Build Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP/2026/01177
Committee: 9 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 30 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