Planning application
2025/0168
55 Foley Road Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0LU
Proposal
First floor rear extension with balcony, two-storey front extension with gable roof to create new main entrance and alterations to fenestration.
As published by the council, reference 2025/0168
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jan 2025
Received by Elmbridge
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6 Feb 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Mar 2025
Decision issued: Refuse Planning Permission
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30 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About householder applications
How this application type works
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden: extensions, loft and garage conversions, porches, outbuildings and similar alterations within the boundary of the home. They cannot be used to create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. Councils aim to decide them within eight weeks, and immediate neighbours are usually notified and given a chance to comment.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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2026/1068 Awaiting decision
55 Foley Road Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0LU
Replacement of 2no. sets of gates with gates and posts, associated landscaping work and extension of dropped kerb
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2025/0145 Granted
7 Claremont Road Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0PL
Tree Preservation Order EL:04/50 - T1 - Cedar Tree - reduce from 25m high to 22m high; and 17m wide to 15m wide due to the tree being too close to the building, creating excess shading, and to maintain tree's structure so as to help mitigate the risk of broken limbs and fallen branches.
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2025/0113 Decided
Furze Hill 7 Beaconsfield Road Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0PN
Claygate Foley Estate Conservation Area - 1. Cypress group (front boundary) - Seasonal trim both sides, removing approx. 15cm growth to tighten and tidy hedge. Trim/reduce top by up to 0.5m to achieve a uniform level across group. 2. Hazel (by greenhouse) - Remove stem that is rubbing against greenhouse, then prune remaining branches by up to 0.5m to provide suitable clearance from greenhouse. 3. Apple (in neighbour's garden) - Reduce overhanging laterals by up to 1.5m back to boundary line. Pruning cuts to be made to suitable live growth where possible. 4. Bay & Holly (RHS boundary) - Reduce by up to 1-1.5m in height to achieve a uniform level across group. Cut back by approx. 1m to provide clearance from adjacent Apple tree and trim garden side to tidy. 5. Bamboo (RHS boundary, under Bay tree) - Fell to near ground level. 6. Yew (under Douglas fir) - Suppressed specimen, fell to near ground level. 7. Thuja hedge (adjacent to path) - Mostly dead. Fell to near ground level and grind out resulting stumps.
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2025/0545 Decided
Furze Hill 7 Beaconsfield Road Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0PN
Claygate Foley Estate Conservation Area - T1- Spruce, Section fell to ground level. The tree is becoming too dominant in the garden causing the surrounding trees to struggle, in particular the adjacent Copper Beech which has struggled with drought stress. The Spruce also casts a large shadow over the rear neighbours property. T2- Western Red Cedar, Reduce by 3 metres. This tree has been managed as a hedge in the past and needs to be reduced back down to previous points. Current height 9 metres, final height 6 metres.
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2024/3051 Decided
3 Beaconsfield Road Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0PN
Claygate Foley Estate Conservation Area - G1 - Reduce ornamental Birch trees by approximately 2m. Remove deadwood and squirrel damage. T2 - Fell Lawson Cypress tree 3m from building. Grind stump. Please see structural engineers report page 3, section 1.7, surveyors report page 32 section 6 and drainage report with photos on page 7, 11 and 13.
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2025/1003 Granted
9 Beaconsfield Road Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0PN
Tree Preservation Order EL:18/11 - T1 - mature Lime tree situated in front garden. Tree has a height of approximately 19 metres and spread of approximately 13 metres. Proposed works are to remove stem overhanging neighbouring property and reduce remainder of crown by approximately 1.5-2 metres, leaving tree with a height of approximately 17 metres and spread of approximately 9 metres. Reasons for these works are to remove hazard stem that forms at 0.5m from base of tree with included union and overhangs neighbouring property and to rebalance remainder of tree, reduce end weight and allow light into garden area. T2 - mature Arbutus tree on front boundary. Tree has a height of approximately 6.5m and spread of approximately 7 metres. Proposed works are to reduce height and spread selectively by approximately 1-2 metres, leaving tree with a height of approximately 5 metres and spread of approximately 5 metres. These works are being carried out to lessen end weight of over extended limbs forming from multiple stems at ground level to prevent future failures of stems.
Other householder applications
In Elmbridge
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2026/1069 Granted
35 Prospect Road Long Ditton Surbiton Surrey KT6 5PY
Single storey front extension and first floor side extension with side rooflights and alterations to fenestration following demolition of existing rear extension.
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2026/1200 Granted
20 Courtlands Avenue Esher Surrey KT10 9HZ
Single-storey rear extension, two-storey side extension and alterations to fenestration.
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2026/0798 Refused
82 Claygate Lane Esher Surrey KT10 0BJ
Part single; part two-storey side/rear extension including part retention of side garage extension, rear terrace/raised platform, single storey front extension; roof extensions including part raising of the roof to including conversion of roofspace into habitable use, rooflights, alterations to the fenestration and removal of chimney following part demolition of the dwelling
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2026/1239 Granted
9 Alexandra Road Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0QS
Rear dormer window to provide rooms in the roofspace, single-storey rear extension, single-storey front infill extension incorporating bay window, front rooflights and alterations to fenestration.
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2026/1183 Refused
2 Ember Gardens Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0LN
First floor side extension