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Belmont School, Pasture Wood Road, Abinger, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6LQ

MO/2019/1732DetailedApproved
Full

Approved on 6 February 2020

Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of a teaching block to form an extension of an existing teaching block following demolition of Head's House, together with the erection of a replacement Head's House.

Received
30 September 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Leith Hill
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.14 Nov
  4. Target25 Nov
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 129 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Belmont School, Pasture Wood Road, Abinger, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6LQ. Mole Valley has handled 1,723 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 10 weeks longer than Mole Valley's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 postcode area.

78% of full 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 6LQ
Application type
Detailed
Development type
Misc. School/Community Uses
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Abinger
District
South

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2019
Consultation expiry
14 November 2019
Consultation start
18 October 2019
Consultation end
14 November 2019
Target decision date
25 November 2019
Application expires
14 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Yew Tree House, Sandy Lane, Kingsley, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 9NH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
18 October 2019
Site notice start
24 October 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08175484
UPRN
200000163830
Documents
63

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Belmont SchoolOn or next to this site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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: Mole Valley

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