Capel Post Office, 87, The Street, Capel, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5JX
Proposal
Change of use of ground floor rear store room and two store rooms within roof space from retail (Use Class A1) to 1 No. residential unit (C3).
- Received
- 27 July 2018
- Decided
- 10 January 2019 · APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Mole Valley District Council
- Ward
- Capel, Leigh & Newdigate
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- ReceivedSubmitted27 Jul
- ValidatedValidated25 Sep
- Consult.Consultation25 Oct
- TargetTarget Date20 Nov
- DecidedDecided10 Jan
Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Capel Post Office, 87, The Street, Capel, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5JX. Mole Valley has handled 1,723 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 167 days, 16 weeks longer than Mole Valley's median. The site is in the Capel conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,855 applications in total for the RH5 postcode area.
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Associated applications
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Variation of Condition 2 of approved Planning Permission MO/2018/1320
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)MO/2019/1557 - 201827 Jul
Change of use of ground floor rear store room and two store rooms within roof space from retail (Use Class…
This applicationApprovedFullMO/2018/1320
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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