Sondes Place Farm, Westcott Road, Dorking, RH4 3EB Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2025/02485 - Approval of Conditions Approved

Proposal

Discharge of Condition 2 of approved Reserved Matters application for consideration of layout, scale, appearance and landscaping pursuant to Outline permission (allowed on appeal ref: APP/) which was for a residential development of up to 144 dwellings including the creation of new vehicular access, school parking and drop-off/pick-up, gypsy and traveller pitches (0.2ha), public open space, landscape planting, surface water attenuation and associated infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
3 Oct 2025
✓
Approved
14 Nov 2025

Approved on 14 Nov 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Associated applications 8

Site constraints 4

Potentially contaminated land
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Potentially contaminated landCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
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Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Dorking built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Application type
Approval of Conditions
Postcode
RH4 3EB
Received
3 Oct 2025
Validated
3 Oct 2025
Ward
Dorking North
Parish
Non Parish Area
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Nov 2025
Decision
CONDITIONS APPROVED
Decision date
14 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Nexus Planning

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2025/01467
Committee
16 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
14 Nov 2025
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

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