2024
Refused
The Old Byre Sunt Farm, Caterfield Lane, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0RR
Erection of aluminium glazed (verandah) canopy to the rear
Flat, The Royal Oak Inn, Caterfield Lane, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0RR Data via plota.co.uk
Pending
2026/531
Description
Proposed construction of 10 Hotel Rooms Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Decision outlook
Plota predicts a decision around 11 Oct 2026, from Tandridge's recent full applications.
Day 49 of the 56-day target. Tandridge usually decides full applications by day 76.
Day 4927 days to the predicted decision (day 76)
31%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
303decided in the last year
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Tandridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Tandridge decision record →
Site constraints 4
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.
Open access land
Open country or registered common land, with a right to roam on foot.
Building on registered common land needs the consent of the Secretary of State as well as planning permission.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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 Enhancement Zone 2
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 11 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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Historical activity at this location
4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2024
Refused
The Old Byre Sunt Farm, Caterfield Lane, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0RR
Erection of aluminium glazed (verandah) canopy to the rear
2018
Approved
Sunt Barn,caterfield Lane, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0RR
Alterations to the external elevations including relocation of entrance and infill of rec…
2016
Approved
Saint Silvans House, Staffhurst Wood Road, Limpsfield, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0RR
Installation of underground water treatment plant.
Tandridge
Planning Authority Score
2.3/10
Poor
#264 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions
Tandridge is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #234 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 56% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).
Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application.
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Tandridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #228 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #196 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #234 of 296
56%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #255 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
122 decided (1-9 homes)
47%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
8 decided
701
Total decisions
113 refused in the year to March 2026