Land at Milton Court Lane, Dorking, RH4 3GA Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2026/00667 - Reserved Matters Major Approved

Proposal

Reserved Matters application pursuant to Condition 1 of outline planning permission ref. for a residential development of up to 86 dwellings including public open space, landscaping, surface water drainage, earthworks and all other associated infrastructure. Additional details pursuant to Condition 6 (Vehicle Parking Design), Condition 7 (Construction Transport Management Plan ‘CTMP’), Condition 8 (EV Charging Scheme), Condition 9 (Cycle Parking Scheme), Condition 10 (Framework Travel Plan), Condition 11 (Car Club Scheme), Condition 12 (Acoustic Assessment Design and Mitigation), Condition 13 (Accessibility Details), Condition 15 (Written Scheme of Investigation), Condition 16 (a) (b) (c) (d) and (e) (Surface Water Drainage Scheme), Condition 18 (1) (2) and (3) (Land Contamination Remediation Strategy), Condition 23 (Construction Environmental Management Plan ‘CEMP’), Condition 24 (Ecological Enhancement Plan ‘EPP’), Condition 26 (Ecology Hedgerows Protection Plan), Condition 27 (Biodiversity Gain Plan), Condition 28 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan ‘HMMP’) and Condition 31 (Sustainability Assessment). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 May 2026
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Validated
27 May 2026
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Approved
4 Sept 2026

Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 5

Potentially contaminated land
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), 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.
Potentially contaminated landCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
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Also on the record
National landscape 393 m away: Surrey Hills; Green belt 58 m away: London.
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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Important details

Application type
Reserved Matters Major
Postcode
RH4 3GA
Received
18 May 2026
Validated
27 May 2026
Ward
Dorking North
Parish
Dorking (Unparished)
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Aug 2026
Decision
APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS
Decision date
4 Sept 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee
Applicant
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Agent
Planning Potential Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 100 days from validation, 15 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/2026/00719
Comments by
31 Aug 2026
Committee
2 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Mole Valley
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#270 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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