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Grove Fruit Farm, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AP

23/P/00306Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 21 June 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of land from agricultural to a recreational use for glamping including the positioning of two glamping pods and associated washroom buildings with access from Epsom Road

Received
21 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
16
Ward
Clandon & Horsley
Agent
Pelham Planning Associates Ltd
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated8 Mar
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 105 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Grove Fruit Farm, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AP. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 8 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 300 applications across Clandon & Horsley. We hold 958 applications in total for the KT24 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Guildford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
KT24 6AP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
West Horsley

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 March 2023
Consultation expiry
4 April 2023
Consultation start
17 March 2023
Consultation end
4 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
28 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
4 April 2023
Last date for comments
23 June 2023
Target decision date
23 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pelham Planning Associates Ltd
Agent address
2 Stag Leys, Ashtead, KT21 2TD

Planning decision

Statutory period
107 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
4 April 2023
Site notice start
16 March 2023
Site notice end
4 April 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
APP/Y3615/W/23/3334533
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3334533
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 June 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11952926
Documents
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Guildford
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: Guildford

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