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WA/2025/00815 - FULL APPLICATION Approved

Proposal

Erection of plant room with mounted evaporator deck and installation of air source heat pumps with associated fencing. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Apr 2025
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Approved
11 Jul 2025

Approved on 11 Jul 2025 · Last checked 20 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Waverley Planning Committee on 9 Jul 2025.

Approved by 11 votes to 0

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the proposal was acceptable in design, amenity, highways and sustainability terms.
  • Environmental Health raised no adverse comments and no representations were received.
  • The committee voted unanimously to grant permission, subject to conditions and an informative.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation, debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Waverley's committee minutes of 9 Jul 2025.

Site constraints 5

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.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 361 m away: Farnham Park; Radon affected area, class 3; 2 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Farnham built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 20 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
Waverley
Application type
FULL APPLICATION
Postcode
GU9 7UD
Received
29 Apr 2025
Validated
29 Apr 2025
Ward
Farnham Moor Park
Parish
Farnham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Jul 2025
Decision
Granted
Decision date
11 Jul 2025
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ashley Davison

How this decision compares

Decided in 73 days from validation, 9 days slower than Waverley's median of 64 for full applications. Approved, as 79% of full applications here are.

43%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
280decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Waverley in the last twelve months, from validation. Waverley decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
23 May 2025
Waverley
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#133 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Waverley ranks #144 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Waverley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #163 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #141 of 296
66%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #144 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #134 of 296
70%
Minor dwellings approved
151 decided (1-9 homes)
59%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
67%
Change of use approved
21 decided
1,378
Total decisions
161 refused in the year to March 2026