Land North West of Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2BU Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2026/00340 - Variance of Conditions Major Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 of planning permission for the installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, underground cabling, access track, landscaping, biodiversity enhancement and ancillary infrastructure and equipment, security fence and gates to allow changes to the layout and technology Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Feb 2026
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Committee
1 Jul 2026
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Approved
7 Jul 2026

Approved on 7 Jul 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Mole Valley Development Management Committee on 1 Jul 2026.

Approved by 9 votes to 2

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

  • Members raised the visual impact of taller batteries and whether the facility could be required to have a confirmed grid connection before starting work.
  • The committee's vote to approve the application, with the additional information in the addendum, was carried, 9 in favour, 2 against and 1 abstention.
Read how the committee decided What was proposed, what a residents' association and the applicant said, members' concerns, and the committee's decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Mole Valley's committee minutes of 1 Jul 2026.

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf Planning Application Form (Web) · 11 Mar 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 3

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.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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. 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.
National nature reserve 195 m away: Ashtead Common
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
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 129 m away: Epsom and Ashtead 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.
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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Important details

Council
Mole Valley
Application type
Variance of Conditions Major
Postcode
KT21 2BU
Received
12 Feb 2026
Validated
12 Feb 2026
Ward
Leatherhead North
Parish
Ashtead (Unparished)
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Jul 2026
Decision
APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS
Decision date
7 Jul 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Aardvark EM Limited

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00193
Comments by
13 May 2026
Committee
1 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, underground cabling, acc…
MO/2024/1544
2024 Approved
Installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, underground cabling, acc…
MO/2024/1544
2024 Approved
MO/2024/1544/PLA MAJOR: Installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility…
24/02754/AAC
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Land Northwest of Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2BU
Installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, underground cabling, acc…
MO/2024/1981
2024 Approved
Land Northwest of Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2BU
Installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, underground cabling, acc…
MO/2024/1981
2023 Approved
4, Harriotts Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2QH
Erection of front porch. Demolition of side outbuilding/wood store and erection of car-po…
MO/2023/0945
2023 Approved
4, Harriotts Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2QH
Erection of front porch. Demolition of side outbuilding/wood store and erection of car-po…
MO/2023/0945
2022 Approved
106, Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2LS
Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 4 No. semi-detached dwellings at the fron…
MO/2022/1670
2022 Approved
106, Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2LS
Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 4 No. semi-detached dwellings at the fron…
MO/2022/1670
2022 Approved
13, Caen Wood Road, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2JA
Prior notification for the erection of a single storey rear extension of 3.80 metres deep…
MO/2022/1545
2022 Approved
13, Caen Wood Road, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2JA
Prior notification for the erection of a single storey rear extension of 3.80 metres deep…
MO/2022/1545
2022 Approved
102, Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2LS
Garage conversion to habitable space. Proposed loft conversion with 1 No. rear dormer. Er…
MO/2022/0055
2022 Approved
102, Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2LS
Garage conversion to habitable space. Proposed loft conversion with 1 No. rear dormer. Er…
MO/2022/0055
2020 Approved
104, Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2LS
Erection of a side extension to form an ancillary granny annexe.
MO/2020/1196
2020 Approved
104, Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2LS
Erection of a side extension to form an ancillary granny annexe.
MO/2020/1196
2020 Approved
7, Heathfields Close, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2BU
Loft conversion with installation of rear and front rooflights.
MO/2020/0435
2020 Approved
7, Heathfields Close, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2BU
Loft conversion with installation of rear and front rooflights.
MO/2020/0435
2019 Refused
7, Heathfields Close, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2BU
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MO/2019/2012
2019 Refused
7, Heathfields Close, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2BU
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MO/2019/2012
2019 Approved
1A, Harriotts Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2QG
Erect 1 No replacement dwelling.
MO/2019/1354
2019 Approved
1A, Harriotts Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2QG
Erect 1 No replacement dwelling.
MO/2019/1354
2019 Approved
5A, Caen Wood Road, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2JA
Loft conversion with dormer window, removal of the chimney breast, garage conversion, con…
MO/2019/0560
2019 Approved
5A, Caen Wood Road, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2JA
Loft conversion with dormer window, removal of the chimney breast, garage conversion, con…
MO/2019/0560
2018 Approved
11, Caen Wood Road, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2JA
Prior notification for the erection of a single storeyrear extension of 4 metres deep by…
MO/2018/1711
2017 Approved
104, Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2LS
Reduce the crown of one Ginko tree (marked T1 on submitted plan) by 1.5 metres back to pr…
MO/2017/1239
2017 Approved
104, Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2LS
Reduce the crown of one Ginko tree (marked T1 on submitted plan) by 1.5 metres back to pr…
MO/2017/1239
2025 Approved
5, Heathfields Close, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2BU
Discharge of Condition 3 of approved planning application MO/2024/1192/CU for the change…
MO/2025/0974
2025 Approved
5, Heathfields Close, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2BU
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings