The Great Barn, Holmbury Farm, Cotton Row, Holmbury St Mary, RH5 6NB Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2026/00324 - Detailed Approved
Agricultural

Proposal

Erection of building containing stables, tack room, feed store and washdown area with associated access track and entrance gates. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Dec 2025
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Validated
13 Feb 2026
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Approved
8 May 2026

Approved on 8 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf Planning Application Form (Web) · 1 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 6

Ancient woodland
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.
Surrey Hills National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Public bridleway 18 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. 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 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 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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Other new applications on this street

10 Aug 2026Pending

HOLMBURY FARM, THE GREAT BARN, COTTON ROW, HOLMBURY ST MARY, RH5 6NB

Submission of details pursuant to Conditions 3, 4 and 5 of planning permission M...

MO/2026/01107
13 Jul 2026Pending

COTTON ROW FARM, COTTON ROW, HOLMBURY ST MARY, RH5 6NB

Outline planning application, with all matters reserved except access, for the d...

MO/2026/01224

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13 Jul 2026Pending

COTTON ROW FARM, COTTON ROW, HOLMBURY ST MARY, RH5 6NB

Outline planning application, with all matters reserved except access, for the d...

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10 Aug 2026Pending

HOLMBURY FARM, THE GREAT BARN, COTTON ROW, HOLMBURY ST MARY, RH5 6NB

Submission of details pursuant to Conditions 3, 4 and 5 of planning permission M...

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Important details

Council
Mole Valley
Application type
Detailed
Postcode
RH5 6NB
Received
18 Dec 2025
Validated
13 Feb 2026
Ward
Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood
Parish
Abinger
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Apr 2026
Decision
APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS
Decision date
8 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Paradigm Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 84 days from validation, 28 days slower than Mole Valley's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

61%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
54,582decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent full applications in Mole Valley to go on. Mole Valley decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2025/01912
Comments by
4 Apr 2026
Committee
6 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
8 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
OLD KILN HOUSE COTTON ROW HOLMBURY ST MARY RH5 6NB
Demolition of existing conservatory adjacent to an outbuilding and erection of a conserva…
MO/2025/0825
2025 Approved
OLD KILN HOUSE COTTON ROW HOLMBURY ST MARY RH5 6NB
Demolition of existing conservatory adjacent to an outbuilding and erection of a conserva…
MO/2025/0825
2025 Approved
Cotton Row Farm, Cotton Row, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NB
Consultation from a neighbouring authority for outline application for the consideration…
PC/2025/01256
2025 Approved
Cotton Row Farm, Cotton Row, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NB
Consultation from a neighbouring authority for outline application for the consideration…
PC/2025/01256
2023 Approved
Hangar Barn, Cotton Row, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NB
Application No. MO/2023/1140/PLA. Change of use of Agricultural barn to dwelling to inclu…
23/CON/00019
2023 Approved
Hangar Barn, Cotton Row, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NB
Application No. MO/2023/1140/PLA. Change of use of Agricultural barn to dwelling to inclu…
23/CON/00019
2017 Approved
Holmbury Farm, Cotton Row, Abinger, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NB document.write(" . View Map ");
Non-material amendment to vary the internal layout of the barn and reduce the number of b…
MO/2014/0665/1
2017 Approved
Holmbury Farm, Cotton Row, Abinger, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NB document.write(" . View Map ");
Non-material amendment to vary the internal layout of the barn and reduce the number of b…
MO/2014/0665/1
2016 Approved
Holmbury Farm, Cotton Row, Abinger, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NB document.write(" . View Map ");
Variation of Condition 2 of approved planning permission MO/2014/0665 for the conversion…
MO/2016/1757
2016 Approved
Holmbury Farm, Cotton Row, Abinger, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NB document.write(" . View Map ");
Removal of Condition 9 of approved planning permission MO/2014/0662 to allow development…
MO/2016/0995
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