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St Andrews House Portsmouth Road Esher Surrey KT10 9SA

Refused Elmbridge 2025/2596 Prior Approval Commercial (E) to Dwelling (C3)

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Prior Approval Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA: Change of Use from Commercial, Business and Service (E) to Residential (C3).

As published by the council, reference 2025/2596

Application record

Reference
2025/2596
Type
Prior Approval Commercial (E) to Dwelling (C3)
Status
Final Decision
Decision
Prior Approval Refused
Received
3 Oct 2025
Validated
3 Oct 2025
Decided
27 Nov 2025
Ward
Esher Ward
Decision by
Officer delegated
Postcode
KT10 9SA

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Oct 2025

    Received by Elmbridge

  2. 27 Nov 2025

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused

  3. 7 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

81 documents on file for this application

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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 prior approval applications

How this application type works

Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.

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