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2025/2670 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Residential development comprising 3 detached two-storey houses with rooms in roof space, 1 with a detached garage, and 6 pairs of semi-detached two-storey houses with rooms in the roof space, bin and cycle stores and associated hard and soft landscaping following the demolition of existing house and associated outbuildings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Oct 2025
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Validated
4 Dec 2025
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Committee
14 Jul 2026
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Approved
2 Sept 2026

Approved on 2 Sept 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Elmbridge Planning Committee on 14 Jul 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the housing benefits outweighed identified design, neighbour and outlook harms, subject to legal agreements.
  • Objectors raised concerns about access, parking, design, neighbours’ amenities, trees, biodiversity, drainage and construction impacts.
  • The committee granted permission subject to legal agreements, amended and additional conditions, and an additional great crested newt informative.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, conditions and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Elmbridge's committee minutes of 14 Jul 2026.

Site constraints 2

Also on the record
Inside the Byfleet built-up area; Green belt about 86 m away: London.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 24 September 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
KT13 0HY
Received
14 Oct 2025
Validated
4 Dec 2025
Ward
Weybridge St Georges Hill Ward
Decision
Grant Planning Permission
Decision date
2 Sept 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 272 days from validation, 210 days slower than Elmbridge's median of 62 for demolitions. Approved, as 76% of demolitions here are.

41%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
229decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions 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