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12 - 18 High Street Merstham Surrey RH1 3EA

24/00773/S73Section 73 ApplicationRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 26 September 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Retention of existing roof and re-use of original roofing timbers (where feasible) including re-use of original roofing slates; reinstatement of chimney stacks; retention and incorporation of remaining original first floor wall in connection with erection of first floor side and rear extension comprising three flats; new shopfront; and retention of single storey flank extension. Variation of condition 1 and removal of condition 11 of permission 22/02132/F.

Received
23 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
18
Ward
Hooley, Merstham And Netherne
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated23 Apr
  3. Consult.24 May
  4. Target27 Sep
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 156 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 12 - 18 High Street Merstham Surrey RH1 3EA. Reigate has handled 278 applications of this type. This one was decided in 156 days, 14 weeks longer than Reigate's typical decision time. The site is in the Merstham Village conservation area, with 11 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 1,917 applications in total for the RH1 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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 3EA
Application type
Section 73 Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 April 2024
Consultation expiry
6 June 2024
Consultation start
2 May 2024
Consultation end
24 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
2 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
23 May 2024
Target decision date
27 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Moorings Sloop Lane Wootton Bridge PO33 4HR

Planning decision

Statutory period
157 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 May 2024
Advertisement expiry
6 June 2024
Site notice start
16 May 2024
Site notice end
6 June 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13004954
Documents
34
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: Merstham Village
  • Listed building: Grade II: 30, High StreetOn or next to this site
  • 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    13 Mar

    Submission of shopfront installation details pursuant to condition 4 of permission 22/02132/F

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/02132/DET04
  2. 2024
    23 Apr

    Retention of existing roof and re-use of original roofing timbers (where feasible) including re-use of…

    This applicationRefusedVariation of conditions (s73)24/00773/S73
  3. 2022
    30 Sep

    Retention of existing roof and re-use of original roofing timbers (where feasible) including re-use of…

    ApprovedFull planningPart of22/02132/F

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