Former Bookham Youth Centre And Community Centre, 164 Lower Road

MO/2026/01291Surrey County Council-DeemedApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 October 2026

Council decision: SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVALDelegated (officer decision)29 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Construction of a new community centre, Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA), external lighting, vehicular access, vehicle parking, cycle parking and landscaping without compliance with Conditions 2 (Approved Plans), 3 (Hours of Use), 4 (MUGA Hours of Operation) and 5 (Amplified Music) of planning permission ref: MO/2025/2792 dated 6 February 2026 to amend the hours of operation and to enable the installation of Air Source Heat Pump. (this application is determined by Surrey County Council under their ref SCCRef-2026-0127)

Received: 24 July 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Mole Valley District Council
Ward: Bookham East & Eastwick Park
Agent: Surrey County Council Planning

ReceivedReceived24 Jul
ValidatedValidated24 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided23 Oct

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at FORMER BOOKHAM YOUTH CENTRE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE, 164 LOWER ROAD. Mole Valley has handled 33 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Mole Valley's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Bookham East & Eastwick Park. We hold 277 applications in total for the KT23 postcode area.

100% of surrey county council-deemed 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: KT23 4AQ
Application type: Surrey County Council-Deemed
Parish: Non Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Surrey County Council
Agent: Surrey County Council Planning

Planning decision

Case officer: Surrey County Council

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

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.

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Source: Mole Valley

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