The Garden House, School Lane
Proposal
Permission in Principle for the erection of 1 No. dwelling with associated parking.
- Received
- 13 February 2026
- Decided
- 30 April 2026 · REFUSED
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mole Valley District Council
- ReceivedSubmitted13 Feb
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date20 Mar
- DecidedDecided30 Apr
Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)
This is a planning application for a new dwelling at THE GARDEN HOUSE, SCHOOL LANE. Mole Valley has handled 11 applications of this type and approves 25% of them, typically deciding them in 78 days. This one was decided in 76 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 176 applications across Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood. We hold 1,855 applications in total for the RH5 postcode area.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Why it was refused
- The site is situated within the Metropolitan Green Belt and the proposal is inappropriate development. The proposal would result in substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt, and no very special circumstances have been advanced to clearly outweigh the harm in conflict with policy EN1 of the Mole Valley Local Plan (2020-2039) and Government advice contained in the National Planning Policy Framework.
From the council's decision notice.
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: Mole Valley
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Mole Valley
- National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
- 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 (20)
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, 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.
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