Bookham Railway Station, Church Road, Great Bookham, KT23 3JG Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2026/01527 - Listed Building Consent Live

Proposal

Refurbishment of the waiting room at Platform 2, including alteration of the existing entrance door to a power-assisted door system to improve accessibility; installation of an illuminated projecting cube sign above the entrance; internal alterations comprising wainscot panelling, dado rail and torus-profile skirting, bench seating, a standing workstation with mobile device charging facilities, and an overhead customer information screen; installation of new oak-effect vinyl flooring; and display of local artwork and station heritage information. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
6 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 1 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 9 Dec 2026 and 30 Dec 2026, from Mole Valley's recent listed building works.

Comments are open until 14 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 9

Special protection area
Grade II listed: Bookham Railway Station, Including Station House and Footbridge
List entry 1378232 · 17 m away
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
SSSI 28 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special protection areaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Green belt 4 m away: London; Inside the Great Bookham and Fetcham built-up area; Priority habitat 29 m away: Deciduous woodland; Open access land 28 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 21 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Mole Valley - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
KT23 3JG
Received
6 Oct 2026
Validated
6 Oct 2026
Ward
Bookham West
Parish
Non Parish Area
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
KVB Architects Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 22 of the 56-day target. Mole Valley usually decides listed building works by day 78.

Day 2256 days to the predicted decision (day 78)
37%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
43decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/01526
Comments by
14 Nov 2026
Committee
15 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
1 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No
Mole Valley
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#270 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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