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Pondhead Farm, Bennetts Grove, Forest Green, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5PN

MO/2023/1969DetailedWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 16 February 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of part of an existing ancillary barn to allow for the enlargement of existing guest accommodation and external alterations comprising changes to windows, new door to existing opening and externals stairs, new flue, and existing dormers replaced with rooflights.

Received
22 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Mickleham, Westcott and Okewood
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Pondhead Farm, Bennetts Grove, Forest Green, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5PN. Mole Valley has handled 1,723 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 56 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 5PN
Application type
Detailed
Development type
Other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Abinger

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2023
Consultation expiry
8 February 2024
Consultation end
8 February 2024
Target decision date
16 February 2024
Application expires
16 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
12 January 2024
Site notice end
8 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12692914
UPRN
200000160089
Documents
18

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    22 Dec

    Change of use of part of an existing ancillary barn to allow for the enlargement of existing guest…

    This applicationWithdrawnFullMO/2023/1969
  2. 2023
    22 Dec

    Change of use of part of an existing ancillary barn to allow for the enlargement of existing guest…

    WithdrawnListed building consentFiled alongsideMO/2023/1970

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