Rear of 87-89, High Street, Dorking, Surrey
Proposal
Prior Notification for the change of use of part of the building from Commercial/Business/Service (Use Class E) into 1. No self-contained flat (Use Class C3).
- Received
- 1 November 2025
- Decided
- 19 January 2026 · PRIOR APPROVAL GRANTED
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mole Valley District Council
- Ward
- Dorking North
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- ReceivedSubmitted1 Nov
- ValidatedValidated19 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided19 Jan
Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)
This is a planning application for a change of use at Rear of 87-89, High Street, Dorking, Surrey. Mole Valley has handled 26 applications of this type and approves 71% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Mole Valley's median. The site is in the Dorking conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Dorking North.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Dorking
- Brownfield land register: 94, High Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1AYRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage 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, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.
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