Woodcote Stud Wilmerhatch Lane Epsom Surrey KT18 7UE Data via plota.co.uk

25/01483/FUL - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Demolition of all existing buildings and structures (excluding Woodcote House) and the construction of a new supported living building (Class C2), as an expansion to the retained Class C2 use at Woodcote House, and 14no residential dwellings (including 7no affordable dwellings) together with associated access, car parking and garages, landscaping and shared open space. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 10 Oct 2026, 06:45

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Application progress

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Received

around 15 Dec 2025

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Approved

18 Sept 2026

Approved on 18 Sept 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Epsom and Ewell Planning Committee on 18 Jun 2026.

Approved by 7 votes to 1

As officers recommended.

For7

Against1

Officers advised approval because the scheme reuses developed land, provides housing and supported accommodation, and includes highways and environmental safeguards.
The committee voted 7–1, with the Chair not voting, to grant permission subject to a legal agreement, conditions and informatives.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, public comments, committee discussion, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Epsom and Ewell's committee minutes of 18 Jun 2026.

Documents 82

Decision & officer reports 3

PDF PEFULZ Decision · 18 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Correction Decision · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Committee Report Decision · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 19

Plans & drawings 35

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form - without Personal data Application Form · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF CIL Additional Information Form Supporting Information · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 15

Site constraints 6

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.

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Local nature reserve 17 m away: Epsom Common

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Priority habitat 9 m away: Deciduous woodland; Open access land 17 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 6 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.

Building

Floor area231 m² (2,486 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (65 out of 100), could reach B

PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms

Built1900 to 1929

HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas

WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Epsom and Ewell
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: KT18 7UE
Received: around 15 Dec 2025
Validated: 15 Dec 2025
Ward: Woodcote And Langley Vale
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 18 Sept 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 18 Sept 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Agent: Causeway Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 277 days from validation, 221 days slower than Epsom and Ewell's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 70% of full applications here are.

This one277d

Council56d

UK56d

79%decided within 8 weeks

70%approved

115decided in the last year

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

Public comments

43comments received

41 objecting2 neutral

95% object · above the UK average of 74%

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 2 Feb 2026
Committee: 18 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Epsom and Ewell

Planning Authority Score

7.4/10

Good

#47 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Epsom and Ewell is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #16 out of 296. Only 14% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Epsom and Ewell decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

83%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #236 of 296

89%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #203 of 296

90%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #16 of 296

14%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #10 of 296

66%

Minor dwellings approved

68 decided (1-9 homes)

80%

Major dwellings approved

10 decided (10+ homes)

64%

Change of use approved

11 decided

639

Total decisions

110 refused in the year to March 2026

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.