Planning Consultations

Current Consultations

There are no planning policy consultations currently taking place.

Recent Consultations

Draft Design Code Supplementary Planning Documents

We consulted on four draft Design Code Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) for eight weeks between Monday 12 May 2025 and Tuesday 8 July 2025. Collectively the four draft Design Code SPDs cover the main built-up areas of Mole Valley District, with a design code for each of the following settlements:

• Ashtead
• Bookham and Fetcham
• Dorking (Town Centre and Outer Areas)
• Leatherhead

The draft design codes provide detailed guidance to applicants for planning permission for varying types of development and provide advice on the design of buildings as well as other design considerations, such as hard and soft landscaping and amenity spaces. By producing this guidance, the Council intends to ensure that future development proposals respect the local character and that local character is taken into consideration at the earliest stages of the development process, when planning applications are being prepared.

The consultation has now ended. We are reviewing the responses received and will provide an update in due course.

Consultation arrangements

Any responses received to the consultations will be held electronically for the purposes of meeting the Council’s duties arising from reporting consultations. Consultation responses will be made public but your personal data, other than your name or the name of the person you are acting for, will not be made public. Consultation responses will be kept for two years post adoption of the documents. Please see our Privacy and Cookies Policy and Privacy Notice for Planning Policy Statutory Documents for more information.