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Oldbury Engineering Ltd 8 - 12 Balcombe Road Horley Surrey RH6 9HT

24/00334/PAP3MAPrior Approval - Comm'l to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 April 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The proposals involve the change of use of the existing premises to a single dwelling. The properties were originally built as dwellings and were converted to office (E) use over 10 years ago. Various alteration were made to the buildings at that time and it is proposed that the layout is retained as existing and the property is converted to a single dwelling.

Received
21 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Horley Central And South
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.14 Mar
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Oldbury Engineering Ltd 8 - 12 Balcombe Road Horley Surrey RH6 9HT. Reigate has handled 567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Reigate's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Horley Central And South. We hold 504 applications in total for the RH6 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
RH6 9HT
Application type
Prior Approval - Comm'l to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2024
Consultation expiry
14 March 2024
Consultation start
22 February 2024
Consultation end
14 March 2024
Neighbour consultation start
22 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
14 March 2024
Target decision date
10 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Chandos Business Centre 87 Warwick Street Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV32 4RJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12823228
Documents
16
Constraints
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Mitchells Of Horley Ltd, Victory Works, 1 - 9 Station Road, Horley, Surrey, RH6 9HWRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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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