Consultations

Draft Supplementary Planning Documents

We are consulting on three draft Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs):

How long is the consultation?

The consultation runs for seven weeks from Monday 13 January to Friday 28 February 2025 at 5pm.

How do I respond?

Please send your responses either by:

  • E-mail (preferred) to: planning.policy@molevalley.gov.uk
  • Post to: Planning Policy, Mole Valley District Council, Pippbrook, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1SJ

When responding please provide your name and e-mail address and state clearly which paragraph(s) of which draft SPD you are commenting on. We are unable to accept anonymous responses.

What are the draft SPDs about?

The Draft Affordable Housing SPD provides details on the Council’s requirements for affordable housing delivery, vacant building credit, build to rent schemes, rural exception sites, specialist housing and viability assessments.

The Draft Planning Obligations SPD provides information on Section 106 agreements generally and planning obligations for carbon offsetting, biodiversity, open space, play space, public realm and heritage assets, community safety, sports facilities, ait quality, healthcare and natural flood management. It also provides locally specific information for planning obligations set by Surrey County Council.

The Draft Design Guidance for House Extensions SPD deals with issues such as whether planning permission is required, neighbourliness and character guidance for all the major types of house extensions.

All three SPDs cover the whole Mole Valley District.

Where can I view the draft SPDs?

The draft SPDs can be viewed online by clicking the links above.

Paper copies of the draft SPDs can be viewed, but not removed from, the following locations:

  • Mole Valley District Council Offices, Pippbrook, Dorking, RH4 1SJ: Monday to Friday 9am to 2.30pm (please make an appointment beforehand if possible)
  • Ashtead Library, Woodfield Lane, Ashtead, KT21 2BQ: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm, Saturday 9.30am to 5pm
  • Beare Green Village Hall, Merebank, Beare Green, RH5 4RD: Monday and Wednesday 9.30am to 12.30pm
  • Bookham Library, Townshott Close, Great Bookham, KT23 4DQ: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm and Saturday 9.30am to 3pm
  • Dorking Library, St Martin’s Walk, Dorking, RH4 1UT: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9.30am to 5.30pm, Tuesday and Thursday 9.30am to 7pm, Saturday 9.30am to 5pm
  • Leatherhead Library, The Mansion, Church Street, Leatherhead, KT22 8DP: Tuesday to Saturday 9.30am to 5pm
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.

Validation Checklist

A consultation on a new Validation Checklist took place between 30 September and 11 November 2024. The consultation has now ended. We are reviewing the responses received and plan to adopt a revised checklist in the near future.
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