Mill View, 38 the Street, Charlwood, RH6 0DF Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2026/00425 - Detailed Refused

Proposal

Change the use of the property from Residential Care (Use Class C2) to three self-contained independent living units (Use Class C3) with ancillary staff facilities. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
2 Feb 2026
Validated
25 Mar 2026
Refused
21 May 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 21 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Ancient woodland
Charlwood conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Ancient woodlandCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
4 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Charlwood built-up area; Green belt 18 m away: London; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 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

Application type
Detailed
Postcode
RH6 0DF
Received
2 Feb 2026
Validated
25 Mar 2026
Ward
Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood
Parish
Charlwood
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 May 2026
Decision
REFUSE
Decision date
21 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
AHP Architects & Surveyors

How this decision compares

Decided in 57 days from validation, about the council's usual 57 days. Refused, as 52% of new homes here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
48%approved
31decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00132
Comments by
25 Apr 2026
Committee
12 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
21 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
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