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20, Chart Downs, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4DH

MO/2024/0519Proposed Certificate of Lawful UseRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 28 May 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

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

Received
1 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holmwoods and Beare Green
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.2 May
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided28 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 20 , Chart Downs, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 4DH. Mole Valley has handled 256 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. 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 4DH
Application type
Proposed Certificate of Lawful Use
Development type
Other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Holmwood (Unparished)

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2024
Consultation expiry
2 May 2024
Consultation end
2 May 2024
Target decision date
28 May 2024
Application expires
28 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
12 April 2024
Site notice end
2 May 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12931694
UPRN
100061421422
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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