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Cudworth Park, Burnt Oak Lane, Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5BL

MO/2024/1853Existing Certificate of Lawful UseRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 29 January 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use in respect of the use of the land for stationing of an unrestricted number of caravans, the site having been used as such for a period in excess of 10 years.

Received
31 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Capel, Leigh, Newdigate and Charlwood
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Dec
  4. Target26 Dec
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Cudworth Park, Burnt Oak Lane, Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5BL. Mole Valley has handled 154 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Mole Valley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

62% of amendment 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 5BL
Application type
Existing Certificate of Lawful Use
Development type
Misc. Caravans
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newdigate

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2024
Consultation expiry
13 December 2024
Consultation end
13 December 2024
Target decision date
26 December 2024
Application expires
13 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
22 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13513691
UPRN
200000163434
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Mole Valley
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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