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Hurst, Vicarage Lane, Capel, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5LN

MO/2024/0335Detailed MajorApproved
Full

Approved on 13 August 2025

Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONSPlanning committee28 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment of the site to provide 13 No. dwellings (Use Class C3) with associated landscaping, parking and access.

Received
29 February 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Capel, Leigh, Newdigate and Charlwood
Agent
hgh Consulting
  1. Received29 Feb
  2. Validated7 Mar
  3. Consult.24 May
  4. Target6 Jun
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 524 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Hurst, Vicarage Lane, Capel, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5LN. Mole Valley has handled 1,723 applications of this type. This one was decided in 531 days, 68 weeks longer than Mole Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Capel conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Capel, Leigh, Newdigate and Charlwood. 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 5LN
Application type
Detailed Major
Development type
New Dwellings
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
13
Parish
Capel

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 March 2024
Consultation expiry
24 May 2024
Consultation end
24 May 2024
Target decision date
6 June 2024
Committee meeting
13 August 2025
Application expires
22 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Capel Hurst Ltd
Agent
hgh Consulting

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

First advertised
22 March 2024
Site notice start
28 March 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12825997
UPRN
100061427964
Documents
70

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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© 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.

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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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