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RT Gallery 2 High Street Merstham Surrey RH1 3EA

15/02022/PAP3CPrior Approval - Shop/Service to Cafe/A3Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 November 2015

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from A1 to A3. New flue in connection

Received
14 September 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Merstham Historic
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.2 Nov
  4. Target2 Nov
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at RT Gallery 2 High Street Merstham Surrey RH1 3EA. Reigate has handled 567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Reigate's typical decision time. The site is in the Merstham Village conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,917 applications in total for the RH1 postcode area.

81% of outline applications at Reigate and Banstead Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RH1 3EA
Application type
Prior Approval - Shop/Service to Cafe/A3
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2015
Consultation expiry
2 November 2015
Consultation start
2 November 2015
Consultation end
2 November 2015
Neighbour consultation start
15 September 2015
Neighbour consultation end
6 October 2015
Target decision date
2 November 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 9 Shoreditch Town Hall 380 Old Street London EC1V 9LT

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 October 2015
Site notice end
27 October 2015

Additional information

Documents
18
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Merstham Village
  • Listed building: Grade II: 30, High StreetOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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