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The Elms, Orestan Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5SL

26/W/00002Residential ExtensionsRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 17 February 2026

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

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

Proposal

Prior notification for a single storey 6.00 metre rear extension, 4.00 metres in height with an eaves height of 3.00 metres.

Received
6 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Effingham
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 42 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a rear extension at The Elms, Orestan Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5SL. Guildford has handled 7,095 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 3 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Effingham. We hold 958 applications in total for the KT24 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed rear extension would have an eaves height of 3m. This exceed the height of the eaves of the existing dwellinghouse. As such, the proposed single storey rear extension would not comply with condition d of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended). It would therefore not constitute permitted development and would require full planning permission.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
KT24 5SL
Application type
Residential Extensions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Effingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Consultation expiry
10 February 2026
Consultation start
16 January 2026
Consultation end
10 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
12 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 February 2026
Last date for comments
17 February 2026
Target decision date
17 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
10 February 2026
Site notice start
20 January 2026
Site notice end
10 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14601198
Documents
7

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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