Planning application
The Volunteer (PH), Water Lane, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6PR
Works: Extension Loft or dormer Demolition Windows or glazing Small domestic
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Proposal
PLEASE NOTE, amended plans, changes are detailed on agent’s email of 24 September: Variation of condition 2 of approved planning application MO/2024/0153 for the demolition of an existing single storey extension and the erection of a new single storey rear and two storey side extension (to provide 2 No. holiday lets), retention of public house at ground floor level, conversion of existing building to provide 2 No. self-catered holiday lets and manager's flat at first floor level with associated external alterations, erection of 2 No. self-contained garden pods for use as holiday lets and associated landscape works, to allow for the repositioning of the proposed side extension, alterations to rear dormer, additional fenestration and landscape changes.
As published by the council, reference MO/2026/01061
Application record
- Reference
- MO/2026/01061
- Type
- Variance of Conditions
- Status
- Live
- Received
- 26 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 5 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood
- Parish
- Abinger
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- RH5 6PR
Comment by 23 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Mole Valley through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Jun 2026
Received by Mole Valley
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5 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 30 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Mole Valley took a median of 76 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Simon Best Associates Ltd Agent, registered in Guildford
Active · incorporated 2015 · Guildford
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
36 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Mole Valley for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Mole Valley decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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Consultation from Mole Valley District Council for "Variation of condition 2 of approved planning application MO/2024/0153 for the demolition of an existing single storey extension and the erection of a new single storey rear and two storey side extension (to provide 2 No. holiday lets), retention of public house at ground floor level, conversion of existing building to provide 2 No. selfcatered holiday lets and manager's flat at first floor level with associated external alterations, erection of 2 No. self-contained garden pods for use as holiday lets and associated landscape works, to allow for the repositioning of the proposed side extension, alterations to rear dormer, additional fenestration and landscape changes."
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