Mark Oak Nursery, Cobham Road, Fetcham, KT22 9SA Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2026/01195 - Detailed Major Live

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 18 No. dwellings with associated parking, landscaping and bin and cycle storage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Mar 2026
✓
Validated
18 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 17 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 72.

The consultation period closed on 23 Sept 2026.

Site constraints 8

Tree preservation order
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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Ancient woodland 14 m away
Inside the 15 m buffer standing advice asks for 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.
SSSI 144 m away: Bookham Commons SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Tree preservation orderCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat 3 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Great Bookham and Fetcham built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · 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.

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Important details

Application type
Detailed Major
Postcode
KT22 9SA
Received
4 Mar 2026
Validated
18 Aug 2026
Ward
Fetcham
Parish
Non Parish Area
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Mohsin Cooper

Decision outlook

Day 72, past Mole Valley's usual 60 days for demolitions. 85% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 17 Nov 2026.

Day 7219 days to the 91-day target
41%decided within 8 weeks
75%approved
169decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00310
Comments by
23 Sept 2026
Committee
9 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
Mole Valley
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#270 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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