Leatherhead Leisure Centre, Guildford Road, Fetcham, KT22 9BL Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Damara Health Pty Ltd installing a temporary Musculoskeletal MRI scanning unit housed in a portable building. The proposal is to be sited within the grounds of Leatherhead Leisure Centre. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Oct 2025
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Validated
27 Nov 2025
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Committee
4 Mar 2026
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Approved
5 Mar 2026

Approved on 5 Mar 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Mole Valley Development Management Committee on 4 Mar 2026.

Approved by 9 votes to 0

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • The application was for a temporary portable building housing a musculoskeletal MRI scanning unit, sited within the grounds of a leisure centre.
  • Members asked about the building's colour and whether the site would count as previously developed land, and were told the colour would blend in and the land's status would be unchanged once it was removed.
  • The committee granted permission, with 9 in favour and 2 abstentions, with the additional information in the addendum.
Read how the committee decided What was proposed, members' questions, and the committee's decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Mole Valley's committee minutes of 4 Mar 2026.

Site constraints 7

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.
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Local nature reserve 163 m away: River Mole
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National landscape 346 m away: Surrey Hills; Inside the Great Bookham and Fetcham built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument 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

Application type
Detailed
Postcode
KT22 9BL
Received
31 Oct 2025
Validated
27 Nov 2025
Ward
Leatherhead South
Parish
Non Parish Area
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Jan 2026
Decision
APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS
Decision date
5 Mar 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee
Applicant
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Agent
Shaftesbury Planning & Project Management
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 98 days from validation, 13 days slower than Mole Valley's median of 85 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 90% of commercial and major works here are.

10%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
25%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2025/01648
Comments by
22 Dec 2025
Committee
4 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
6 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.