Merstham Park School Taynton Drive Merstham Surrey

20/01591/FFull planningApproved

Full

Approved on 16 April 2021

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of the existing school buildings, including main school buildings, sports hall and ancillary buildings and erection of new part two, part three storey secondary school, car parking, play space, landscaping and ancillary works. As amended on 01/09/2020, 09/10/2020, 27/10/2020, 02/11/2020, 04/11/2020, 19/11/2020 and on 24/11/2020.

Received: 17 August 2020
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 25
Council: Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Ward: Hooley, Merstham And Netherne

ReceivedReceived17 Aug
ValidatedValidated17 Aug
Consult.Consultation19 Nov
TargetTarget Date16 Nov
DecidedDecided16 Apr

Decided in 242 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Merstham Park School Taynton Drive Merstham Surrey. Reigate has handled 1,506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 242 days, 27 weeks longer than Reigate's typical decision time. There have been 32 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Hooley, Merstham And Netherne.

91% of full 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

Application type: Full planning
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 August 2020
Consultation expiry: 19 November 2020
Consultation start: 5 November 2020
Consultation end: 19 November 2020
Neighbour consultation start: 21 August 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 11 September 2020
Target decision date: 16 November 2020
Committee meeting: 25 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 30 Warwick Street London W1B 5NH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 3 September 2020
Advertisement expiry: 24 September 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08753012
Documents: 72
Constraints: 25

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: Reigate and Banstead
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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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