Dorking Wanderers Football Club, Westhumble Playing Fields, London Road Dorking, RH5 6AD Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2026/01564 - Detailed Live
Commercial & major works

Proposal

Replacement of existing grass football pitches with 3G synthetic pitches (comprising a main football pitch and three five aside pitches) and associated fencing and paths. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Aug 2026
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Validated
20 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 15 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 10 Jan 2027 and 21 Jan 2027, from Mole Valley's recent commercial and major works.

Comments are open until 16 Nov 2026

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Documents 1

Plans & drawings 1

PDF location plan.pdf Location Plan · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 7

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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Surrey Hills National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Agricultural land, grade 2
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. A site survey can differ.
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.
Special area of conservation 229 m away: Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment
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.
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
SSSI 229 m away: Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment SSSI; Radon affected area, class 3.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 22 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Detailed
Postcode
RH5 6AD
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
20 Oct 2026
Ward
Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood
Parish
Non Parish Area
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Agent
Solve Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 10 of the 56-day target. Mole Valley usually decides commercial and major works by day 85.

Day 1075 days to the predicted decision (day 85)
10%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
25%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Mole Valley in the last twelve months, from validation. Mole Valley decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/01322
Comments by
16 Nov 2026
Committee
1 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
15 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
4 Moleford Cottages, London Road, Westhumble, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6AD
Erection of rear single storey extension and infill to existing front porch.
MO/2023/0101
2023 Approved
4 Moleford Cottages, London Road, Westhumble, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6AD
Erection of rear single storey extension and infill to existing front porch.
MO/2023/0101
2022 Refused
Sunrise Cottage, London Road, Westhumble, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6AD
Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed development in respect of works to strengthen…
MO/2022/0062
2022 Refused
Sunrise Cottage, London Road, Westhumble, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6AD
Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed development in respect of works to strengthen…
MO/2022/0062
2017 Approved
Sunrise Cottage, London Road, Westhumble, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6AD
Subdivision of existing property into two separate dwellings. New double garage at front…
MO/2017/2121
2017 Approved
Sunrise Cottage, London Road, Westhumble, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6AD
Subdivision of existing property into two separate dwellings. New double garage at front…
MO/2017/2121
2017 Refused
Mardon, London Road, Westhumble, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6AD
Erection of boundary fencing above existing low wall with insertion of new pedestrian and…
MO/2017/2218
2017 Refused
Mardon, London Road, Westhumble, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6AD
Erection of boundary fencing above existing low wall with insertion of new pedestrian and…
MO/2017/2218
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