Dorking Halls, Reigate Road, Dorking, RH4 1SG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Installation of replacement Air Handling Units (AHU) and various equipment (including 2 No. chillers, and external buffer tank and link to Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MHVR) unit) on the plant deck roof with associated amendments and repairs to the building including 500mm increase in height of central parapet on front elevation, erection of 3 No. dormers to front, guarding to roof and acoustic plant screen. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 8 Jan 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 25 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Mole Valley Development Management Committee on 7 Jan 2026.
Approved by 10 votes to 0
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- The application was to install replacement air handling units, chillers and other plant on the roof of a building, with related alterations including a raised parapet and new dormers.
- The agent spoke on behalf of the applicant, and members raised concerns about harm to the building's character, discussing how to reduce the visual impact of the installation.
Source: Plota analysis of Mole Valley's committee minutes of 7 Jan 2026.
Documents 1
Statements & assessments 1
Site constraints 4
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Important details
- Council
- Mole Valley
- Application type
- Detailed
- Postcode
- RH4 1SG
- Received
- 10 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 15 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Dorking South
- Parish
- Non Parish Area
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 9 Jan 2026
- Decision
- APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS
- Decision date
- 8 Jan 2026
- Decision level
- Planning Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- DHA Planning
How this decision compares
Decided in 85 days from validation, about the council's usual 85 days. Approved, as 90% of commercial and major works here are.
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/2025/01507
- Comments by
- 17 Nov 2025
- Committee
- 7 Jan 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 9 Jan 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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.
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