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Palmers Cottage, 153, The Street, Capel, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5EL

MO/2020/1591Proposed Certificate of Lawful UseRefused
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development in respect of the erection of a single storey rear extension.

Received
11 September 2020
Decided
6 November 2020 · REFUSED
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Capel, Leigh & Newdigate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target6 Nov
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Mole Valley63% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at Palmers Cottage, 153, The Street, Capel, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5EL. Mole Valley has handled 256 applications of this type and approves 73% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Capel conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,855 applications in total for the RH5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
MO/2020/1591
Address
Palmers Cottage, 153, The Street, Capel, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5EL
Postcode
RH5 5EL
Local Authority
Mole Valley
Application Type
Proposed Certificate of Lawful Use
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Determined
Ward
Capel, Leigh & Newdigate
Parish
Capel

Applicant & Agent

Applicant
O'Brien
Applicant Address
Palmers Cottage, 153, The Street, Capel, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5EL
Agent Address
Unit 7, Ockley Court Farm, Coles Lane, Ockley, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5LS

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
11 September 2020
Consultation Expiry
16 October 2020
Target Decision Date
6 November 2020
Date Decided
6 November 2020
Date Validated
11 September 2020
Date Submitted
11 September 2020
Consultation Start
25 September 2020
Consultation End
16 October 2020
Application Expires
6 November 2020

Planning Decision

Decision
REFUSED
Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

First Advertised
25 September 2020
Site Notice End
16 October 2020

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09031344
UPRN
100061427694
Documents
3
Coordinates
51.151127, -0.321143
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Mole Valley

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area
  • 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, listed buildings, 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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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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