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Westminster Cottage, 17, The Street, Capel, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5LD

MO/2019/0101Proposed Certificate of Lawful UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 March 2019

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development in respect of the erection of 13 No. solar panels on rear roof elevation.

Received
18 January 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Capel, Leigh & Newdigate
  1. Received18 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.22 Feb
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided29 Mar

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Westminster Cottage, 17, The Street, Capel, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5LD. Mole Valley has handled 256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Mole Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Capel conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 postcode area.

62% of outline applications at Mole Valley District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RH5 5LD
Application type
Proposed Certificate of Lawful Use
Development type
Other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Capel
District
South

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2019
Consultation expiry
22 February 2019
Consultation start
1 February 2019
Consultation end
22 February 2019
Target decision date
20 March 2019
Application expires
22 February 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
158, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, CM2 0LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
1 February 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07557002
UPRN
100061427612
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

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