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Shellwood Farm, Shellwood Road, Leigh

MO/2026/00010PN - Agriculture to ResidentialRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 11 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of an existing agricultural barn to 6 No. residential units (Use Class C3).

Submitted
17 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received17 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at SHELLWOOD FARM, SHELLWOOD ROAD, LEIGH. Mole Valley has handled 9 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 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 152 applications across Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood. We hold 911 applications in total for the RH2 postcode area.

79% of all 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
RH2 8NX
Application type
PN - Agriculture to Residential

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
MAVEN PLAN LIMITED

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

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

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