Cliff Cottage, Abinger Road, Coldharbour, RH5 6HE Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2026/00881 - Conservation Area Trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1- Prune back from house by 1.5m to suitable growth points in line with BS3998 to achieve 3m clearance. Prune upper canopy accordingly to balance as shown in picture. Top of tree to remain unpruned. Red line on photo indicates approximate level of pruning. To lessen overbearing impact of tree overhanging Cliff Cottage, reduce level of detritus fall onto roof and reduce leverage of tree rooted in bank leaning towards and asymmetrically orientated over Cliff Cottage. Clear branches from cables by 1.25m to suitable growth points in line with BS3998 to give 1m clearance. To prevent branches snapping cables T2- Prune back from Cliff Cottage by 3m to suitable growth points in line with BS3998. Prune upper canopy by 1m to balance as shown in picture. Top of tree to remain unpruned. Red line on photo indicates approximate level of pruning To lessen overbearing impact of tree overhanging Cliff Cottage, reduce level of detritus fall onto garage roof and reduce leverage of tree rooted in bank leaning towards and asymmetrically orientated towards Cliff Cottage. Clear branches from cables by 1m to suitable growth points in line with BS3998 to give 1m clearance To prevent branches snapping cables Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
11 Jun 2026
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Validated
25 Jun 2026
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Approved
31 Jul 2026

Approved on 31 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

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Application forms 1

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Site constraints 12

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.
Conservation_Area.TAB conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Public byway open to all traffic 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. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
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.
SSSI 43 m away: Leith Hill 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: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Scheduled monument 146 m away: Anstiebury Camp: a large multivallate hillfort south-east of Crockers Farm
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Ancient woodlandCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m; Priority habitat 15 m away: Deciduous woodland; Open access land 9 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..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £765,000 in April 2026. Detached house, freehold.

24 April 2026£765,000
13 April 2017£665,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Mole Valley
Application type
Conservation Area Trees
Postcode
RH5 6HE
Received
11 Jun 2026
Validated
25 Jun 2026
Ward
Holmwoods & Beare Green
Parish
Capel
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Aug 2026
Decision
NO OBJECTION
Decision date
31 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Arb Consultancy Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 14 days faster than Mole Valley's median of 50 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 92% of tree and landscaping works here are.

60%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
283decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00840
Committee
24 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
6 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2024 Refused
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2019 Approved
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2018 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2025 Approved
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Mole Valley
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#270 of 296 councils
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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
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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use