Land North Of 2 Littleheath Farm Cottage Steels Lane Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0RX Data via plota.co.uk

2025/1604 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Conversion of existing detached outbuilding to create a residential house with associated external alterations and parking. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Jun 2025
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Validated
18 Jul 2025
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Approved
8 Oct 2025

Approved on 8 Oct 2025 · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Elmbridge South Area Planning Sub-Committee on 8 Oct 2025.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • An objector addressed the sub-committee on the application.
  • The development was considered exempt from Biodiversity Net Gain as a self-build or custom housebuilding scheme, unless later found not to meet that definition.
  • The development was also subject to a Community Infrastructure Levy exemption claimed on the same self-build basis.
Read how the committee decided The speaker, the exemptions and the committee's decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Elmbridge's committee minutes of 8 Oct 2025.

Associated applications 6

Site constraints 3

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 146 m away: Esher 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.
Also on the record
Inside the Cobham (Elmbridge) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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

Council
Elmbridge
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
KT22 0RX
Received
20 Jun 2025
Validated
18 Jul 2025
Ward
Oxshott and Stoke DAbernon Ward
Decision
Grant Planning Permission
Decision date
8 Oct 2025

How this decision compares

Decided in 82 days from validation, 11 days slower than Elmbridge's median of 71 for full applications. Approved, as 71% of full applications here are.

32%decided within 8 weeks
71%approved
272decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Elmbridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Elmbridge decision record →

Elmbridge
Planning Authority Score
2.6/10
Poor
#247 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Elmbridge ranks #195 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Elmbridge is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 79% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 79% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Elmbridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
77%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #277 of 296
79%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #281 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #195 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #178 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
195 decided (1-9 homes)
60%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
72%
Change of use approved
32 decided
1,358
Total decisions
314 refused in the year to March 2026