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Valley Lodge Gatton Bottom Merstham Surrey RH1 3BH

23/01103/HHOLDHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 30 August 2023

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion of the existing loft space above the studio annex into a new bedroom, bathroom and office/dressing space for the existing occupant. Introduction of new veluxes to the roofslope and a new vellum roof light for the dressing room. To ensure fire safety a new door will be installed to the kitchen space with the existing annex becoming a living room. As amended on 11/08/2023.

Received
10 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hooley, Merstham And Netherne
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.4 Aug
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided30 Aug

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Valley Lodge Gatton Bottom Merstham Surrey RH1 3BH. Reigate has handled 1,506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Reigate's typical decision time. The site is in the Merstham Village conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 3BH
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 July 2023
Consultation expiry
17 August 2023
Consultation start
14 July 2023
Consultation end
4 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
14 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
4 August 2023
Target decision date
4 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
52 Beechway Bexley Kent DA5 3DG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 July 2023
Advertisement expiry
17 August 2023
Site notice start
25 July 2023
Site notice end
15 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12197256
Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
25

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
  • 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.

Source: Reigate

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