The Wilderness Sports Ground Molesey Park Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0JT Data via plota.co.uk

2025/1444 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Construction of a new Clubhouse Pavilion following demolition of the existing facilities. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Jun 2025
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Validated
21 Oct 2025
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Approved
15 Sept 2026

Approved on 15 Sept 2026 · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Elmbridge Planning Committee on 15 Sept 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the community and sporting benefits outweighed Green Belt harm, with no other harm identified.
  • Residents raised concerns about traffic, parking, noise, biodiversity, litter, access and construction, while over 100 letters supported the scheme.
  • The committee permitted the application with the conditions and informatives set out in the agenda.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, consultation responses and committee decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Elmbridge's committee minutes of 15 Sept 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 3

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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. A site survey can differ.
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.
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 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.

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Important details

Council
Elmbridge
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
KT8 0JT
Received
5 Jun 2025
Validated
21 Oct 2025
Ward
Molesey East Ward
Decision
Grant Planning Permission
Decision date
15 Sept 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 329 days from validation, 258 days slower than Elmbridge's median of 71 for full applications. Approved, as 71% of full applications here are.

32%decided within 8 weeks
71%approved
272decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Elmbridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Elmbridge decision record →

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved
The Wilderness Playing Field The Wilderness Molesey Park Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0JT
Advertisement Consent: 1 x non-illuminated hoarding sign.
2020/2364
2020 Approved
The Wilderness Playing Field The Wilderness Molesey Park Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0JT
Advertisement Consent: 1 x non-illuminated hoarding sign.
2020/2364
2017 Approved
North Section The Wilderness Molesey Park Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0JT
Confirmation of Compliance with Conditions: 3 (Tree Protection and Pre-Commencement Inspe…
2017/2936
2017 Approved
North Section The Wilderness Molesey Park Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0JT
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings