Merstham Park School Taynton Drive Merstham Surrey RH1 3PU

23/01077/FFull planningApproved

Full

Approved on 14 December 2023

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Proposal to add LED floodlighting to the school outdoor multi-use games area. As amended on 10/11/2023

Received: 15 June 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Ward: Hooley, Merstham And Netherne

ReceivedReceived15 Jun
ValidatedValidated15 Jun
Consult.Consultation27 Nov
TargetTarget Date4 Dec
DecidedDecided14 Dec

Decided in 182 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Merstham Park School Taynton Drive Merstham Surrey RH1 3PU. Reigate has handled 1,506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 182 days, 18 weeks longer than Reigate's typical decision time. There have been 17 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.

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

Postcode: RH1 3PU
Application type: Full planning
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 June 2023
Consultation expiry: 27 November 2023
Consultation start: 6 November 2023
Consultation end: 27 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 22 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 13 July 2023
Target decision date: 4 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 172 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12151756
Documents: 15
Constraints: 26

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Source: Reigate

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