Carpel House, Horsham Road, South Holmwood, RH5 4LT Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2026/01071 - Detailed Householder Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Erection of a single storey rear extension. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jul 2026
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Approved
21 Sept 2026

Approved on 21 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

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Site constraints 8

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.
Priority habitat: No main habitat but additional habitats present
A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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.
Public footpath 22 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Restorable Habitat
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape 74 m away: Surrey Hills
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Ancient woodlandCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
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Also on the record
Open access land 14 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · 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
Mole Valley
Application type
Detailed Householder
Postcode
RH5 4LT
Received
8 Jul 2026
Validated
8 Jul 2026
Ward
Holmwoods & Beare Green
Parish
Capel
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Sept 2026
Decision
APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS
Decision date
21 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
FULCRUM DESIGN LTD

How this decision compares

Decided in 75 days from validation, 19 days slower than Mole Valley's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 80% of extensions here are.

55%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
552decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Mole Valley in the last twelve months, from validation. Mole Valley decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/01012
Comments by
1 Sept 2026
Committee
9 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
21 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

14 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Withdrawn
Carpel House, Horsham Road, South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4LT
PLEASE NOTE: Amended location plan received. Change of use of land to residential to allo…
MO/2022/0868
2022 Withdrawn
Carpel House, Horsham Road, South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4LT
PLEASE NOTE: Amended location plan received. Change of use of land to residential to allo…
MO/2022/0868
2018 Approved
The Walled Garden, Horsham Road, South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4LT
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development in respect of the erection of a deta…
MO/2018/1968
2018 Refused
The Walled Garden, Grandon Lodge, Horsham Road, South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4LT
Erection of a detached garage.
MO/2018/1418
2018 Approved
Grandon Lodge, Horsham Road, South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4LT
Removal of existing side extension, and erection of a single storey garage.
MO/2018/0865
2018 Approved
Grandon Lodge, Horsham Road, South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4LT
Remove existing side extension, and erect a replacement two storey side extension.
MO/2018/0866
2018 Refused
The Walled Garden, Grandon Lodge, Horsham Road, South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4LT
Erection of detached garage and store.
MO/2018/0710
2017 Approved
The Walled Garden, Horsham Road, South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4LT
Discharge of Conditions 1 to 11 of approved planning permission MO/2014/1928 for the erec…
MO/2017/1481
2017 Approved
The Walled Garden, Horsham Road, South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4LT
Discharge of Conditions 1 to 11 of approved planning permission MO/2014/1928 for the erec…
MO/2017/1481
2017 Approved
The Walled Garden (formerly known as Grandon Lodge), Horsham Road, South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4LT
Removal of Condition 8 of Planning Permission MO/2014/1928 for the erection of a replacem…
MO/2017/1076
2017 Approved
The Walled Garden (formerly known as Grandon Lodge), Horsham Road, South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4LT
Removal of Condition 8 of Planning Permission MO/2014/1928 for the erection of a replacem…
MO/2017/1076
2017 Approved
Grandon Lodge, Horsham Road, South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4LT document.write(" . View Map ");
Non-material amendment to allow change to roof and gable pitch.
MO/2014/1928/1
2017 Approved
Grandon Lodge, Horsham Road, South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4LT document.write(" . View Map ");
Non-material amendment to allow change to roof and gable pitch.
MO/2014/1928/1
2016 Approved
Land at, Grandon Lodge, Horsham Road, South Holmwood, Surrey, RH5 4LT document.write(" . View Map ");
Non-material amendment to allow cropped hip to end gable and flat roof to ridge of roof w…
MO/2015/1846/1
Mole Valley
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#270 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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