22A Water Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 2PB Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1705 - Householder Application Approved

Proposal

Pergola to rear garden and additional raised flowerbed. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

13 Jul 2026

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Validated

20 Jul 2026

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Approved

24 Sept 2026

Approved on 24 Sept 2026 · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Ancient woodland

Irreplaceable habitat. Standing advice asks for a 15 m buffer from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

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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Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

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. 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.

Habitat network: Ancient Semi Natural Woodland

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

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £5,100,000 in December 2024. Detached house, freehold.

18 December 2024£5,100,000

22 August 2016£2,825,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

Building

Floor area776 m² (8,353 sq ft)

Energy ratingC (80 out of 100), could reach B

PropertyDetached house, 13 habitable rooms

Built2003 to 2006

HeatingBoiler and underfloor heating, mains gas, Boiler and radiators, mains gas

WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2024, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Elmbridge
Application type: Householder Application
Postcode: KT11 2PB
Received: 13 Jul 2026
Validated: 20 Jul 2026
Ward: Oxshott and Stoke DAbernon Ward
Decision: Grant Planning Permission
Decision date: 24 Sept 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 66 days from validation, 10 days slower than Elmbridge's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 79% of extensions here are.

This one66d

Council56d

UK55d

59%decided within 8 weeks

79%approved

961decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Elmbridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Elmbridge decision record →

Elmbridge

Planning Authority Score

2.6/10

Poor

#247 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Elmbridge ranks #195 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Elmbridge is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 79% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 79% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Elmbridge decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

77%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #277 of 296

79%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #281 of 296

57%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #195 of 296

44%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #178 of 296

68%

Minor dwellings approved

195 decided (1-9 homes)

60%

Major dwellings approved

15 decided (10+ homes)

72%

Change of use approved

32 decided

1,358

Total decisions

314 refused in the year to March 2026

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.