29/10/2026
Good news indeed for now.
SOME GOOD NEWS ON MOORE PLACE GOLF COURSE
At the Elmbridge BC Planning Committee on October 13th, the application to build up to 206 homes on Moore Place Golf Course, was rejected.
Your three Esher Residents Association councillors led the opposition to the proposals in the face of many of the Liberal Democrats, all the Conservatives, the Chair and the one Reform councillor, who voted in favour.
Following the vote, Elmbridge BC wrote to the Secretary of State, to notify them, as per the new rules, because the application was for more than 150 homes.
In a piece of good news, the response from the Secretary of State is that they do not wish to “recover the application”, and that Elmbridge BC can confirm the Planning Committee’s decision.
This means that Planning Permission has officially been refused.
That’s because the site performs strongly against purpose D of the Green Belt purposes (and also because Elmbridge BC refused permission, there is no legal agreement to secure planning obligations).
A word of caution. This doesn’t mean that the land can’t be developed because the applicant may well appeal, and could win.
