The Vicarage Guildford Road Westcott RH4 3QB
Proposal
Non-material amendment to approved planning permission MO/2021/1744 for the conversion of existing vicarage to a pair of semi-detached dwellings, including demolition of side extension, conversion of outbuilding to a studio dwelling, construction of detached dwelling and construction of a new detached vicarage to allow for amendment to hard landscaping.
- Received
- 21 November 2025
- Decided
- 11 March 2026 · WITHDRAWN
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mole Valley District Council
- Ward
- Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood
- ReceivedSubmitted21 Nov
- ValidatedValidated5 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided11 Mar
Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)
This is an application to amend a permission at THE VICARAGE GUILDFORD ROAD WESTCOTT RH4 3QB. Mole Valley has handled 154 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 36 days. This one was decided in 110 days, 11 weeks longer than Mole Valley's median. The site is in the Westcott conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 176 applications across Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood. We hold 451 applications in total for the RH4 postcode area.
Application Details
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Additional Information
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20267 Oct
T1 - Reduce trees canopy by approximately 3–4 metres, forming a pollard and pruning back to suitable growth…
PendingConservation Area TreesMO/2026/01465 - 20262 Sep
T1: Multi-stem Lime - Fell to ground level.
WithdrawnConservation Area TreesMO/2026/01241 - 202626 Aug
T1 - Lime - Fell to ground level, lapsed pollard, tree has low amenity value.
WithdrawnConservation Area TreesMO/2026/01239 - 202611 Mar
Oak T1. Fell because of excessive crown overhang of newly redeveloped building.
ApprovedConservation Area TreesMO/2026/00372
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area+1 more
- National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
- Brownfield land register: The Vicarage, Guildford Road, Westcott, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3QBRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (19)
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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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