Land at River Lane, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 0AY Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2026/01158 - Variance of Conditions Live
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Removal of Conditions 2 , 3 and 8 of planning permission (granted on appeal ref: APP/) for the permanent use of the site for the siting of 4 No. Gypsy and Traveller pitches with unrestricted occupancy to allow there to be no restriction on the number of caravans on the site, on the erection of gates, walls, fences or other means of enclosure or on the use of the paddock area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 14 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 14 Sept 2026. The consultation period closed on 12 Sept 2026.

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf Planning Application Form (Web) · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 2

  • Part of

    Variationcouncil archive

    Conditions variation sought for 2, 3, 8

    • VariationRemoval of Conditions 2, 3 and 8 (granted on appeal ref: APP/) for the permanent use…This applicationMO/2026/01158

Site constraints 5

Special protection area
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 Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special protection areaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
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Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 363 m away: River Mole; Green belt about 44 m away: London.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 24 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
Variance of Conditions
Postcode
KT22 0AY
Received
20 Jul 2026
Validated
20 Jul 2026
Ward
Leatherhead North
Parish
Non Parish Area
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Green Planning Services Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/01060
Comments by
12 Sept 2026
Committee
29 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Approved
Discharge of condition 4 of planning permission allowed under appeal ref. APP/C3620/W/18/…
MO/2020/1405
2020 Approved
Discharge of condition 4 of planning permission allowed under appeal ref. APP/C3620/W/18/…
MO/2020/1405
2017 Refused
Removal of Conditions 1 and 2 of approved application MO/2016/0587 to allow the permanent…
MO/2017/1932
2017 Withdrawn
Change of use of the land for the stationing of 4 No. gypsy/traveller pitches with 4 No…
MO/2017/1933
2017 Refused
Removal of Conditions 1 and 2 of approved application MO/2016/0587 to allow the permanent…
MO/2017/1932
2017 Withdrawn
Change of use of the land for the stationing of 4 No. gypsy/traveller pitches with 4 No…
MO/2017/1933
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved
Wood Lodge, River Lane, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 0AY
Erection of a 1.8m high timber fence.
MO/2021/2190
2021 Approved
Caravan site south side of, River Lane, Leatherhead, Surrey
Change of use of land to use as a residential caravan site for an extended gypsy/travelle…
MO/2021/0715
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