Clouds Hill Farm Leatherhead Road Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0ET Data via plota.co.uk

2025/2147 - Outline Application Approved

Proposal

Outline planning application for the development of up to 250 dwellings together with internal access roads and footways, car and cycle parking provision, suitable alternative natural greenspace (SANG) together with an associated car park served off Woodlands Lane, together with public open space, supported by a scheme of landscaping and planting, with principal means of access served off Leatherhead Road, following the demolition of all existing buildings and structures on the site. All matters, except for means of access from Leatherhead Road and Woodlands Lane, reserved for future determination. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Aug 2025
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Validated
17 Sept 2025
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Approved
6 Oct 2026

Approved on 6 Oct 2026 · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Elmbridge Planning Committee on 25 Mar 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised granting permission because the site met the grey belt requirements and benefits outweighed identified landscape and ecological harm.
  • Residents and groups objected on grounds including traffic, sustainability, Green Belt loss, infrastructure, ecology, flooding and design.
Read how the committee decided The proposed development, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Elmbridge's committee minutes of 25 Mar 2026.

Site constraints 4

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. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Cobham (Elmbridge) built-up area; Priority habitat about 15 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £2,450,000 in April 2024. Other property, freehold.

5 April 2024£2,450,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Council
Elmbridge
Application type
Outline Application
Postcode
KT22 0ET
Received
21 Aug 2025
Validated
17 Sept 2025
Ward
Oxshott and Stoke DAbernon Ward
Decision
Grant Outline Permission
Decision date
6 Oct 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 384 days from validation, 316 days slower than Elmbridge's median of 68 for outline applications. Approved, as 59% of outline applications here are.

41%decided within 8 weeks
59%approved
12%go to committee

Plota live figures for outline applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent outline applications in Elmbridge to go on. Elmbridge decision record →

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

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

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