The Builders Yard Church Street Betchworth RH3 7DN
Proposal
Conversion of an existing building from industrial use (Use Class B2) into 1 No. dwelling (Use Class C3).
- Received
- 14 October 2025
- Decided
- 15 January 2026 · REFUSED
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mole Valley District Council
- Ward
- Brockham, Betchworth, Buckland, Box Hill & Headley
- ReceivedSubmitted14 Oct
- ValidatedValidated28 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided15 Jan
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application at THE BUILDERS YARD CHURCH STREET BETCHWORTH RH3 7DN. Mole Valley has handled 1,723 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer than Mole Valley's median. The site is in the Betchworth conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Brockham, Betchworth, Buckland, Box Hill & Headley. We hold 637 applications in total for the RH3 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area
- Green belt: Mole Valley
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage 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.
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