Recreation Ground, Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, KT21 2BZ

Planning appeal 3362325 at Recreation Ground, Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, KT21 2BZ (Mole Valley District Council) was allowed on 8 July 2026 by Inspector Curnow R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawfulness was well-founded.

Commencement of planning permission reference MO/2020/2167, by virtue of the following acts of development: Demolition of existing fence; Demolition of existing MUGA surface; Excavation of drainage channel; Implementation of drainage system in compliance with details approved via application MO/2024/0295

Authority: Mole Valley District Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Curnow R
Postcode: KT21 2BZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawfulness was well-founded

What decided it

The excavation of the drainage channel and installation of the drainage pipe, though with minor positional deviations from the approved drawing, constituted a material operation that commenced the permitted development in a timely manner and achieved the functional requirements of the approved drainage scheme.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Malvern Hills DC v Secretary of State for the Environment [1982] JPL 439

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