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7 Monks Avenue West Molesey Surrey KT8 2HD

2025/1648Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 27 October 2025

Council decision: Refuse Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from 6 Bed HMO (Class C4) to 7 Bed HMO (Sui Generis) with associated works including internal changes to layout, car and cycle parking, external amenity spaces and alterations to fenestration.

Received
25 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Molesey West Ward
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 98 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 7 Monks Avenue West Molesey Surrey KT8 2HD. Elmbridge has handled 4,130 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 9 weeks longer than Elmbridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Molesey West Ward. We hold 1,549 applications in total for the KT8 postcode area.

78% of full applications at Elmbridge Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
KT8 2HD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2025
Consultation expiry
22 August 2025
Consultation start
25 July 2025
Consultation end
22 August 2025
Target decision date
15 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Dimensions - Planning & Architecture,Unit 7 Hawthorn Business Park,165 Granville Road,London,NW2 2AZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3375381
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 13 February 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
51

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    20 Jan

    Prior Approval Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A: Single storey rear extension.

    ApprovedHouseholder2025/0148

Source: Elmbridge

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