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The Volunteer (PH), Water Lane, Abinger Hammer, Dorking RH5 6PR

26/CON/00026Neighbouring AuthorityAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Consultation from Mole Valley District Council for "Variation of condition 2 of approved planning application MO/2024/0153 for the demolition of an existing single storey extension and the erection of a new single storey rear and two storey side extension (to provide 2 No. holiday lets), retention of public house at ground floor level, conversion of existing building to provide 2 No. selfcatered holiday lets and manager's flat at first floor level with associated external alterations, erection of 2 No. self-contained garden pods for use as holiday lets and associated landscape works, to allow for the repositioning of the proposed side extension, alterations to rear dormer, additional fenestration and landscape changes."

Received
7 August 2026
Decision due
11 September 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 6 November 2026
Ward
Clandon & Horsley
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.5 Sep
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 5 September.

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at The Volunteer (PH), Water Lane, Abinger Hammer, Dorking RH5 6PR. Guildford has handled 7,095 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 299 applications across Clandon & Horsley. We hold 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RH5 6PR
Application type
Neighbouring Authority
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Neighbouring Authority

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2026
Consultation expiry
5 September 2026
Consultation start
14 August 2026
Consultation end
5 September 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 September 2026
Last date for comments
11 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Sakina Khanbhai
Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
5 September 2026
Site notice end
5 September 2026

Additional information

Documents
1

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: Mole Valley
  • National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
  • 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 (20)

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, 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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