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31 High Street Merstham Surrey RH1 3BA

22/02721/CANConservation Area NoticeApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 13 January 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1. Sycamore RHS rear garden. Crown Reduction. Reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to 5 metres. (Back to previous points of reduction). Remove central (thinnest stem of 3). All pruning cuts shall be made to suitable secondary growth points and shall maintain a stable platform for the expected regrowth. Height pre works 17m post 12m. Crown spread pre works 10m post 6m

Received
9 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hooley, Merstham And Netherne
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.7 Jan
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 31 High Street Merstham Surrey RH1 3BA. Reigate has handled 291 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Reigate's typical decision time. The site is in the Merstham Village conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 125 applications across Hooley, Merstham And Netherne. We hold 1,912 applications in total for the RH1 postcode area.

99% of heritage 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 3BA
Application type
Conservation Area Notice
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2022
Consultation expiry
7 January 2023
Consultation start
21 December 2022
Consultation end
7 January 2023
Target decision date
13 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Old Inholms Farm Inholms Lane North Holmwood Dorking RH5 4JH

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11756847
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
1

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
  • 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

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.

Source: Reigate

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