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LAND NORTH WEST OF BARNETT WOOD LANE ASHTEAD KT21 2BU

Awaiting decision Mole Valley MO/2026/01237 Approval of Conditions

Relates to MO/2026/00340

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

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

As published by the council, reference MO/2026/01237

Application record

Reference
MO/2026/01237
Type
Approval of Conditions
Status
Live
Received
11 Aug 2026
Validated
1 Sep 2026
Ward
Ashtead Lanes & Common
Parish
Non Parish Area
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
KT21 2BU

Site history

Applications at this address on the Mole Valley register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • MO/2026/00786 Withdrawn

    LAND NORTH WEST OF BARNETT WOOD LANE ASHTEAD KT21 2BU

    Submission of details pursuant to conditions 4, 5, 6, 8, 15, 19, 21 & 22 of planning application MO/2024/1544/DETMAJ 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.

    Decided 9 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • MO/2024/1981 Granted

    LAND NORTH WEST OF BARNETT WOOD LANE ASHTEAD KT21 2BU

    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 at Land Northwest Of Barnett Wood Lane, Leatherhead, KT21 2BU (Cable Route Following The A243 To Chessington Substation) (Kingston Upon Thames council application - for consultation purposes only)

    Decided 13 Dec 2024 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Aug 2026

    Received by Mole Valley

  2. 1 Sep 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 3 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 27 October 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.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • MO/2026/00340 Granted

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

    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

    Decided 7 Jul 2026 Conditions

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Aardvark EM Ltd Agent, registered in Ottery St Mary

Active · incorporated 1997 · Ottery St Mary

82 applications on PlanIndex · across 27 councils · 96% granted

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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

37 documents on file for this application

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What 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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Within 0.3 miles

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    26/00555/AAC Submitted 13 Mar 2026 50 yards away

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    Decided Outline 1 doc
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    Granted Trees 4 docs
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