23 Birds Hill Road Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0NJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Demolition of the existing detached dwelling house, detached garage and all other residential outbuildings, and their replacement with a detached two-storey building with accommodation in the roof space served by dormer windows, to provide for a total of 10 flats, a ramped access for basement car and cycle parking and storage, together with associated hard and soft landscaping and bin store, the formation of two new pedestrian and vehicular access points off Birds Hill Road together with new entrance gates and piers and the closure of the existing centralised access. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 21 Apr 2026 · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Elmbridge Planning Committee on 21 Apr 2026.
Refused
Against officer advice, as the minutes record.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- Members found the proposal would be out of character due to its mass, bulk and height, and that excess parking would reinforce car dependency.
- An objector and the applicant's agent addressed the committee, following four further letters of representation.
Source: Plota analysis of Elmbridge's committee minutes of 21 Apr 2026.
Site constraints 1
Checked on 12 October 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £6,350,000 in January 2025. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2024, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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How this decision compares
Decided in 218 days from validation, 147 days slower than Elmbridge's median of 71 for full applications. Refused, as 29% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Elmbridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Elmbridge decision record →
Historical activity at this location
27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Nearby activity
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.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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