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Land Adh To Copse View, Burnt Oak Lane, Newdigate

MO/2026/00528Existing Certificate of Lawful UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 4 September 2026

Council decision: APPROVEDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing use in respect of the use of land for external storage of plant/machinery and materials in connection with a construction contracting business operation (Use Class B8/Sui Generis) having been in place for in excess of 10 years

Received
2 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.8 Jun
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 155 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at LAND ADH TO COPSE VIEW, BURNT OAK LANE, NEWDIGATE. Mole Valley has handled 40 applications of this type. This one was decided in 155 days, 14 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 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 postcode area.

66% of existing certificate of lawful use 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
RH5 5BJ
Application type
Existing Certificate of Lawful Use
Parish
Newdigate

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026
Consultation end
8 June 2026
Target decision date
28 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Sue James

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Mole Valley
  • Ancient woodlandNext to the site · +1 more
  • 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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