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Village Coffee Shop 44 Nutfield Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3EP

22/02260/PAP3MAPrior Approval - Comm'l to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 November 2022

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the ground floor unit from existing commercial use under Class E to a single dwellinghouse (Class C3)

Received
11 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
16
Ward
Hooley, Merstham And Netherne
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Village Coffee Shop 44 Nutfield Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3EP. Reigate has handled 567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Reigate's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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 3EP
Application type
Prior Approval - Comm'l to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 October 2022
Consultation expiry
4 November 2022
Consultation start
14 October 2022
Consultation end
4 November 2022
Neighbour consultation start
14 October 2022
Neighbour consultation end
4 November 2022
Target decision date
29 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Woodcote Mews Chequers Lane Walton On The Hill Surrey KT20 7ST

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11609398
Documents
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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© 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.

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