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Hop Garden Cottage, Leigh Place Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BN

Granted Tandridge 2025/831 Lawful Development Certificate (LDC)

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

Proposal

Erection of a domestic outbuilding and use of land as garden. (Certificate of lawfulness for existing use or development)

As published by the council, reference 2025/831

Application record

Reference
2025/831
Type
Lawful Development Certificate (LDC)
Status
Decision Determined
Decision
Granted As published: Planning permission is not required
Received
14 Aug 2025
Validated
14 Aug 2025
Decided
6 Oct 2025
Ward
Lingfield, Crowhurst & Tandridge
Parish
Tandridge
Postcode
RH9 8BN

Site history

Applications at this address on the Tandridge register

This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 2025/1414 Granted

    Hop Garden Cottage, Leigh Place Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BN

    REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING OUTBUILDING AND THE FORMATION OF OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL

    Decided 8 Jul 2026 Householder
  • 2021/936 Granted

    Hop Garden Cottage, Leigh Place Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BN

    Erection of 3 bay garage with habitable accommodation over.

    Decided 21 Jul 2021 Householder

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Aug 2025

    Received by Tandridge

  2. 6 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: Planning permission is not required

  3. 11 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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Documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Tandridge granted permission on 6 October 2025, 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 lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Hop Garden Cottage, Leigh Place Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BN

    2025/1414 Submitted 8 Jan 2026 50 yards away

    REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING OUTBUILDING AND THE FORMATION OF OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL

    Granted Householder
    Small domestic
  • Hop Garden Cottage, Leigh Place Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BN

    2021/936 Submitted 17 May 2021 50 yards away

    Erection of 3 bay garage with habitable accommodation over.

    Granted Householder 10 docs
    Domestic
  • Hopgarden Field, Eastbourne Road,, RH9 8EH

    2020/2145/N Submitted 30 Nov 2020 350 yards away

    Erection of agricultural building (Notification of Agricultural Permitted Development)

    Refused Prior approval 6 docs
  • Leigh Mill House, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH

    2022/883 Submitted 24 Jun 2022 350 yards away

    Installation of solar thermal panels on 'pool house' roof and photovoltaic panels on applicant's land. (Listed Building in Green Belt)

    Granted Full applications 36 docs
  • Leigh Mill House, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH

    2026/868/TPO Submitted 10 Jul 2026 350 yards away

    1) - Sweet Chestnut - northern side of tennis court - Lateral Crown Reduction. Reducing the spread of the southwestern aspect by 2-2.5 metres. All pruning cuts shall be made to suitable secondary growth points and shall maintain a stable platform for the expected regrowth - 18x10m down to 18x7.5m 2) - Birch group - Northern side of tennis court - Lateral Crown Reduction. Reducing the spread of the southwestern aspect by 2-2.5 metres. All pruning cuts shall be made to suitable secondary growth points and shall maintain a stable platform for the expected regrowth - 14x11m down to 14x8.5m 3) - Sweet Chestnut - northern side of tennis court in the corner - Lateral Crown Reduction. Reducing the spread of the southwestern aspect by 2-2.5 metres. All pruning cuts shall be made to suitable secondary growth points and shall maintain a stable platform for the expected regrowth - 16x10m down to 16x7.5m 4) - Cypress - eastern side of tennis court - Carefully climb and dismantle to as close to ground level as possible - 14x8m out completely 5) - Sycamore x 3 - southern side of tennis court - Carefully climb and dismantle to as close to ground level as possible - 18x16m tree group. Out completely All works are to prevent further damage to the tennis court playing surface

    Granted Trees
  • Leigh Mill House, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH

    2026/292/TPO Submitted 11 Mar 2026 350 yards away

    1) - Sweet Chestnut - Reduce the north western limb by up to 6m and crown lift to provide 6m clearance from ground level 22x14m down to 22x8m 2) - Sweet Chestnut - Reduce the north western canopy by up to 2m and remove the large broken hanging branch 22x12m down to 22x10m Item 1 has a 2 metre vertical seem on the large NW limb approximately 4 metres from union. Works to balance and preserve both trees

    Granted Trees

In Tandridge

  • 2026/993 Granted

    Greensleeves, Ricketts Hill Road, Tatsfield, Westerham, Surrey, TN16 2NG

    Erection of a single storey rear extension (Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed))

    Received 11 Aug, published by the council 22 Aug 2026 Lawful development
  • 2026/1236 Awaiting decision

    18 Clayton Mead, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8NX

    Erection of a single storey rear extension and outbuilding in the rear garden

    Received 5 Oct, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Lawful development
  • 2026/1072 Awaiting decision

    Dellside, Copthorne Bank, Copthorne, Crawley, Surrey, RH10 3JD

    Use of a building for vehicle repairs and automotive mechanical work and associated use of land for parking of vehicles (Certificate Of Lawfulness for an Existing Use)

    Received 5 Oct, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Lawful development
  • 2026/1229 Awaiting decision

    15 Haywain, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 9LL

    Erection of single storey rear extension. Lawful Development Certificate (proposed)

    Received 5 Oct, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Lawful development
  • 2026/1166 Awaiting decision

    Nashs Farm, Tilburstow Hill Road, South Godstone, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8LY

    Repair and replacement of existing flat roof of 1960s annex extension (Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed works to a listed building))

    Received 1 Oct, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Lawful development