Eastwood Farm, Rusper Road, Newdigate, RH5 5BX Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2026/00081 - Detailed Live
AgriculturalNew homes

Proposal

Please note amended description.Additional Information: New drawings submitted. Erection of agricultural worker’s dwelling, with associated access, parking, landscaping, cycle and refuse storage Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Dec 2025
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Validated
16 Jan 2026
Decision
Expected by 14 Mar 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 3 Sept 2026; it is now day 261. The consultation period closed on 3 Sept 2026.

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf Planning Application Form (Web) · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗

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Site constraints 3

Ancient woodland
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Ancient woodlandCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 25 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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Important details

Council
Mole Valley
Application type
Detailed
Postcode
RH5 5BX
Received
4 Dec 2025
Validated
16 Jan 2026
Ward
Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood
Parish
Newdigate
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
White & Sons

Decision outlook

Day 261, past the statutory target. 89% of agricultural works in Mole Valley are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 1 Oct 2026.

Day 261205 days past the 56-day target
69%decided within 8 weeks
60%approved
35decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2025/01841
Comments by
3 Sept 2026
Committee
18 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
26 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Refused
Land north east of Woodlands Farm, Rusper Road, Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5BX
Prior notification for the change of use of buildings from storage/warehouse (Use Class B…
MO/2019/0621
2019 Refused
Land north east of Woodlands Farm, Rusper Road, Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5BX
Prior notification for the change of use of buildings from storage/warehouse (Use Class B…
MO/2019/0621
2019 Approved
Bottle Cottage, 2 New House Cottages, Rusper Road, Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5BX
Prior notification for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a depth of 5.3…
MO/2019/0092
2019 Approved
Bottle Cottage, 2 New House Cottages, Rusper Road, Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5BX
Prior notification for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a depth of 5.3…
MO/2019/0092
2018 Approved
Bottle Cottage, 2 New House Cottages, Rusper Road, Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5BX
Erection of single storey rear extension.
MO/2018/1899
2016 Approved
Gracelands, Rusper Road, Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5BX document.write(" . View Map ");
Prior notification for change of use of an agricultural building to 1 No. dwelling (C3 Us…
MO/2016/0852
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