Skip to content

290-294 Rear Of, High Street, Dorking

MO/2025/02284PN - Part 3 Class MA Commercial Business Service to DwellingsApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 11 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of the upper floors from offices (Use Class E: Commercial, Business and Service) to residential units (Use Class C3) to 6 No. dwelling houses including minor internal alterations and associated works.

Submitted
16 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 290-294 REAR OF, HIGH STREET, DORKING. Mole Valley has handled 27 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Dorking South. We hold 475 applications in total for the RH4 postcode area.

72% of pn - part 3 class ma commercial business service to dwellings applications at Mole Valley District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
RH4 1QT
Application type
PN - Part 3 Class MA Commercial Business Service to Dwellings

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
CLIVE CHAPMAN ARCHITECTS LTD

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: DorkingNext to the site
  • 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.

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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near RH4

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

For the applicant

Need a contaminated land assessment? Contamination & geo-environmental consultants near this site

Condition 1 on the decision asks for this.

See all contaminated land consultants near Dorking

Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address