Froggetts Farm, Froggetts Lane, Wallis Wood, RH5 5RJ Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor of Grain Store from ancillary residential storage to Class E(c)(iii) Use and related alterations to doors, fenestration and internal layout including disabled access and disabled WC, together with reinstatement of Class E(c)(iii) Use to Farm Shop, and related parking… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
22 Jun 2026
Validated
31 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 25 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 26 Sept 2026, from Mole Valley's recent new homes. The consultation period closed on 30 Aug 2026.

Site constraints 7

Ancient woodland
Grade II listed: Frogetts
List entry 1294320 · 2 m from the pin
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Public footpath 18 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.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Ancient woodlandCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
SSSI 471 m away: Smokejack Clay Pit SSSI; Priority habitat 42 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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
RH5 5RJ
Received
22 Jun 2026
Validated
31 Jul 2026
Ward
Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood
Parish
Abinger
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Black GraphiteArchitects

Decision outlook

Day 44 of the 56-day target. Mole Valley usually decides new homes by day 57.

Day 4413 days to the predicted decision (day 57)
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/2026/00880
Comments by
30 Aug 2026
Committee
17 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
15 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Mole Valley
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#270 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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