LAND CENTRED COORDINATES 500833 137030 BETWEEN CHENNELS COTTAGE AND 1 BURDOCKS THE GREEN DUNSFOLD G Outline… Data via plota.co.uk

WA/2026/00844 - OUTLINE Approved

Proposal

Outline Application With All Matters Reserved Except For Access For The Phased Development Of 5 Self/Custom Build Dwellings With Associated Works Including Vehicle Access. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 May 2026
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Committee
5 Aug 2026
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Approved
28 Aug 2026

Approved on 28 Aug 2026 · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Waverley Planning Committee on 5 Aug 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the proposal matched an earlier appeal scheme and its benefits outweighed limited landscape and heritage harm.
  • The committee voted 12 to 1 to grant outline approval, with no abstentions, subject to conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Waverley's committee minutes of 5 Aug 2026.

Site constraints 3

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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
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 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 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
Waverley
Application type
OUTLINE
Received
18 May 2026
Validated
18 May 2026
Ward
Chiddingfold
Parish
Dunsfold
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Jul 2026
Decision
OUTLINE APPROVAL
Decision date
28 Aug 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 102 days from validation, 46 days slower than Waverley's median of 56 for new homes. Approved, as 59% of new homes here are.

53%decided within 8 weeks
59%approved
92decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Waverley in the last twelve months, from validation. Waverley decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
4 Aug 2026
Waverley
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#133 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Waverley ranks #144 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Waverley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #163 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #141 of 296
66%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #144 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #134 of 296
70%
Minor dwellings approved
151 decided (1-9 homes)
59%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
67%
Change of use approved
21 decided
1,378
Total decisions
161 refused in the year to March 2026