Planning application
2026/0151
29 - 31 High Street Cobham Surrey KT11 3DH
Proposal
Prior Approval Schedule 2, Part 20, Class AB: 1 Additional storey to existing commercial or mixed use premises for the re-provision of two existing second-floor dwellings and addition of two new duplex dwellings across second floor and new upward extension to third floor. The proposal retains the existing ground and first floor commercial uses and delivers a total of four dwellings (re-provided and new).
As published by the council, reference 2026/0151
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Jan 2026
Received by Elmbridge
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17 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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11 May 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused
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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 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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2025/0341 Decided
23-27 High Street Cobham Surrey KT11 3DH
Confirmation of Compliance with Condition 4 (Details of construction management) of planning permission 2022/2491.
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2026/0135 Decided
23-27 High Street Cobham Surrey KT11 3DH
Confirmation of Compliance with Conditions: Partial discharge of 10 (Residential Noise Transmission between Flats - Residential to Residential) and 11 (Commercial/Residential Noise Transmission) of prior approval 2022/2491.
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2026/0133 Decided
23-27 High Street Cobham Surrey KT11 3DH
Confirmation of Compliance with Conditions: Partial discharge of 8 (Residential Noise Transmission Between Flats - Residential to Residential) and 9 (Commercial/Residential Noise Transmission) to prior approval 2022/1231.
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2025/3161 Granted
22A and 22B High Street Cobham Surrey KT11 3EB
Construction of a second and third floor to create 8 self-contained flats with private amenity space, two-storey rear extension to accommodate access and internal stairs; construction of a single storey rear outbuilding for cycle and refuse/recycle provision; re-provision of parking to the rear and hard/soft landscaping including green roofs.
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2024/1639 Granted
22B High Street Cobham Surrey KT11 3EB
Advertisement Consent: 1 externally illuminated fascia sign, 4 awning signs, 1 non-illuminated window graphic sign, 1 internally illuminated menu box and 1 externally illuminated projecting sign.
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2025/0733 Withdrawn
22 Spencer Road Cobham Surrey KT11 2AF
Confirmation of Compliance with Condition: 3 (Materials samples) of planning permission 2024/2353.
Other prior approval applications
In Elmbridge
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2026/1642 Granted
11 Blundel Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 2SU
Prior Approval Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A: Single storey rear extension which projects out from the rear wall of the original house by 4.5 metres, a maximum height of 4 metres and with an eaves height of 2.81 metres.
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2026/1531 Refused
70 Fleece Road Long Ditton Surbiton Surrey KT6 5JS
Prior Approval Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A: Single storey rear extension which projects out from the rear wall of the original house by 6.00 metres, a maximum height of 3.93 metres and with an eaves height of 3.00 metres following demolition of existing extension.
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2026/1393 Refused
95 Grove Way Esher Surrey KT10 8HF
Prior Approval Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A: Single storey rear extension which projects out from the rear wall of the original house by 4.15 metres, a maximum height of 3.00 metres and with an eaves height of 2.85 metres following demolition of existing extension.
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2026/0990 Refused
27B High Street Weybridge Surrey KT13 8AX
Prior Approval Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA: Change of Use from Commercial, Business and Service (E) to Residential (C3).
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2026/1468 Decided
6 High Street West Molesey Surrey KT8 2NA
Prior Approval Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA: Change of Use from Commercial, Business and Service (E) to Residential (C3).