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12-18 High Street Merstham Surrey RH1 3EA

20/02201/RETRetention / Continued UseDecided
Discharge / amendments

Decided on 12 November 2021

Council decision: Non DeterminationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective consent to demolish the original ground and first floor walls of No.14, consent to demolish the remaining original structure of the first floor walls, any remaining floor elements and the roof structure over of No.14; erection of a first floor over the whole of the ground floor comprising four 3-bed flats together with new roof over whole including the reintroduction of chimney stacks; and retain the ground floor side extension to the gym.

Received
3 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Hooley, Merstham And Netherne
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.8 Dec
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 374 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 12-18 High Street Merstham Surrey RH1 3EA. Reigate has handled 278 applications of this type. The site is in the Merstham Village conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 125 applications across Hooley, Merstham And Netherne. We hold 1,917 applications in total for the RH1 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
Retention / Continued Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2020
Consultation expiry
17 December 2020
Consultation start
17 November 2020
Consultation end
8 December 2020
Neighbour consultation start
17 November 2020
Neighbour consultation end
8 December 2020
Target decision date
29 December 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Moorings Sloop Lane Wootton Bridge Ryde PO33 4HR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 November 2020
Advertisement expiry
17 December 2020

Appeal

Appeal reference
20/02201/RET/AP
Appeal status
Appeal Decided (Dismissed)
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3277559
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 26 January 2022Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Failure

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09145471
Documents
13
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Merstham Village
  • 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, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    13 Mar

    Submission of shopfront installation details pursuant to condition 4 of permission 22/02132/F

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/02132/DET04
  2. 2024
    23 Apr

    Retention of existing roof and re-use of original roofing timbers (where feasible) including re-use of…

    RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)24/00773/S73
  3. 2022
    30 Sep

    Retention of existing roof and re-use of original roofing timbers (where feasible) including re-use of…

    ApprovedFull planning22/02132/F
  4. 2020
    5 Feb

    Submission of bicycle parking details pursuant to condition 12 of permission 19/01016/F

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions19/01016/DET12
  5. 2020
    24 Jan

    Submission of vehicular access details pursuant to condition 9 of permission 19/01016/F

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions19/01016/DET09

Source: Reigate

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