New housing in Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
We read Epsom and Ewell Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 15,245 of its planning applications going back to 2015, and 45 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 33% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below the 75% at which national policy treats it as having an unmet need for housing.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 33% (2025): presumption
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 15,245
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 16 | 6 |
| 2025 | 49 | 26 | 17 |
| 2024 | 44 | 23 | 17 |
| 2023 | 50 | 30 | 15 |
| 2022 | 48 | 22 | 20 |
| 2021 | 47 | 19 | 20 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | Farm View Langley Vale Road Epsom Surrey KT18 6AP Outline application for up to 110 dwellings including affordable homes (all matters reserved except access from Langley Vale Road) 25/00846/OUT | Refused | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 68 | Land Adjoining Priam Lodge Burgh Heath Road Epsom Surrey Outline planning application for up to 68 dwellings including affordable homes (all matters reserved except access) 26/01313/OUT | Decided | 9 Nov 2026 |
| 48 | Swail House Ashley Road Epsom Surrey KT18 5AZ Demolition of the existing community rooms and caretakers cottage and construction of two new apartment buildings comprising of 48 units together with access and parking, cycle and bin store, hard and soft landscaping 25/00368/FUL | Decided | 25 Mar 2025 |
| 14 | Woodcote Stud Wilmerhatch Lane Epsom Surrey KT18 7UE Demolition of all existing buildings and structures (excluding Woodcote House) and the construction of a new supported living building (Class C2), as an expansion to the retained Class C2 use at Woodcote House, and 14no… 25/01483/FUL | Approved | 15 Dec 2025 |
| 12 | 29-31 Waterloo Road Epsom Surrey KT19 8EX Outline planning application with landscaping matters reserved for 12 dwellings, including 7x two bedroom flats, 5 x one bedrooms flats and associated external works following demolition of the existing building 24/01323/OUT | Refused | 6 Dec 2024 |
| 12 | Development Site At Friars Garth The Parade Epsom Surrey KT18 5DH Alterations to building to provide a four-storey flat building comprising 12 residential flats (8 x 2 bedroom and 4 x 3 bedroom) together with vehicular access, landscaping, parking for nine vehicles, bin storage, cycle… 23/01451/FUL | Refused | 12 Mar 2024 |
| 11 | Bunzl Epsom Chase 1 Hook Road Epsom Surrey KT19 8TY Roof extension to provide 11 residential units (3 x 1-bed, 4 x 2-bed and 4 x 3-bed) and associated works 24/00230/FUL | Approved | 28 Feb 2024 |
| 9 | 7 Station Approach Stoneleigh Surrey KT19 0QZ Construction of a 4 storey mixed use development accommodating two ground floor commercial units (Class E) and 9 residential units (Class C3) with associated refuse storage, cycle parking and landscaping following part… 25/00404/FUL | Approved | 31 Mar 2025 |
| 9 | 6A Bucknills Close 11A And 13 Whitehorse Drive Epsom Surrey Demolition of residential dwelling at 6A Bucknills Close and office building at 13 Whitehorse Drive and the construction of nine residential units (3 x 2-bed, 6 x 3-bed) (Class C3) together with car parking, landscaping… 25/00290/FUL | Approved | 10 Mar 2025 |
| 8 | Land To The Rear Of Danehurst Court Alexandra Road Epsom Surrey KT17 4BY Outline application for a three storey residential development for up to 8 units (All matters reserved except Access, Layout and Scale). 26/00949/OUT | Refused | 20 Aug 2026 |
Towns and villages
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Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Epsom and Ewell Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.