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The New House Rockshaw Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3BZ

23/00450/CLPCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 May 2023

Council decision: Permitted DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of an outbuilding to be used as a swimming pool.

Received
17 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Hooley, Merstham And Netherne
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at The New House Rockshaw Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3BZ. Reigate has handled 567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Reigate's typical decision time. The site is in the Rockshaw Road, Merstham conservation area. There have been 15 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Hooley, Merstham And Netherne. We hold 1,921 applications in total for the RH1 postcode area.

82% 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 3BZ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2023
Consultation expiry
21 April 2023
Consultation start
29 March 2023
Consultation end
21 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
29 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
19 April 2023
Target decision date
12 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Pool House Bancroft Road Reigate RH2 7RP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11979715
Documents
15
Constraints
20

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: Rockshaw Road, Merstham
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

15 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    21 Jul

    Replacement self-build dwelling, outdoor swimming pool and outbuilding. Variation of conditions 1, 4 and 5 of…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/01165/S73
  2. 2025
    22 Oct

    Replacement self-build dwelling, outdoor swimming pool and outbuilding. As amended on 14/11/2025, 15/12/2025…

    ApprovedFull planning25/01889/F
  3. 2025
    18 Jul

    Erection of Class E replacement garage and pool.

    RefusedCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)25/01317/CLP
  4. 2025
    19 Jun

    Erection of Class E replacement garage and pool.

    ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)25/01023/CLP
  5. 2025
    3 Jun

    Erection of Class E garden room.

    ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)25/01015/CLP
  6. 2025
    29 Apr

    Two storey side infill extension

    ApprovedHouseholder25/00762/HHOLD

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