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Hawthorns, Shere Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6EF

25/W/00093Residential ExtensionsRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 3 February 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Application for prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 1 Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 to add an additional first floor extension on top of the existing pitched roof 2.90 metres in height.

Received
15 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clandon & Horsley
Agent
Zesta Planning Ltd
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.28 Jan
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 50 days

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at Hawthorns, Shere Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6EF. Guildford has handled 7,095 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 13 days quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 299 applications across Clandon & Horsley. We hold 958 applications in total for the KT24 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed additional storey would include windows in the north-east and south-west walls, forming the side elevations of the dwelling house. The proposal therefore fails to comply with the requirements of AA.2.(2)(b) of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). The proposed additional storey, due to the lack of windows at first floor on the north-west elevation would result in a solid, blank, uninterrupted expanse of walling which would have an unacceptable adverse impact on the character and appearance of the principal elevation. The proposal therefore fails to comply with the requirements of AA.2.(3)(a)(ii)(aa) of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
KT24 6EF
Application type
Residential Extensions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Horsley

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2025
Consultation expiry
28 January 2026
Consultation start
19 December 2025
Consultation end
28 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
28 January 2026
Last date for comments
6 February 2026
Target decision date
6 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Zesta Planning Ltd
Agent address
The Site, Chosen View Road,, Cheltenham, GL51 9LT

Planning decision

Statutory period
53 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
28 January 2026
Site notice start
7 January 2026
Site notice end
28 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14537276
Comments
0
Documents
5

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    15 Dec

    Application for prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 1 Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General…

    This applicationRefusedApplication25/W/00093
  2. 2025
    12 Dec

    Prior notification for two single storey 6.25 and 3.81 metre deep rear extensions, 3.90 and 3.76 metres in…

    RefusedResidential ExtensionsFiled alongside25/W/00092

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