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Land North West of Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2BU

Granted Mole Valley MO/2026/00340 Variance of Conditions Major

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 of planning permission MO/2024/1544 for the installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, underground cabling, access track, landscaping, biodiversity enhancement and ancillary infrastructure and equipment, security fence and gates to allow changes to the layout and technology

As published by the council, reference MO/2026/00340

Application record

Reference
MO/2026/00340
Type
Variance of Conditions Major
Status
Determined
Decision
Granted As published: APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS
Received
12 Feb 2026
Validated
11 Mar 2026
Decided
7 Jul 2026
Ward
Leatherhead North
Parish
Ashtead (Unparished)
Decision by
Planning Committee
Postcode
KT21 2BU

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Feb 2026

    Received by Mole Valley

  2. 11 Mar 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS

  4. 30 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • MO/2026/01237 Awaiting decision

    LAND NORTH WEST OF BARNETT WOOD LANE ASHTEAD KT21 2BU

    Submission of details pursuant to Conditions 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 19, 21 and 22 of planning permission MO/2026/00340 for the Variation of Condition 2 of planning permission MO/2024/1544 for the Installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, underground cabling, access track, landscaping, biodiversity enhancement and ancillary infrastructure and equipment, security fence and gates to allow changes to the layout and technology

    Submitted 11 Aug 2026 Conditions

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Aardvark EM Ltd Agent, registered in Ottery St Mary

Active · incorporated 1997 · Ottery St Mary

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Leatherhead BESS Ltd Applicant, registered in London

Active · incorporated 2022 · London

3 applications on PlanIndex

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Documents

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

26 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Mole Valley granted permission on 7 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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