5 High Street Merstham Surrey RH1 3BA

25/00066/CANConservation Area NoticeApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 13 February 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Spruce - Remove to ground level due to close proximity to house.

Received: 15 January 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Ward: Hooley, Merstham And Netherne

ReceivedReceived15 Jan
ValidatedValidated15 Jan
Consult.Consultation11 Feb
TargetTarget Date19 Feb
DecidedDecided13 Feb

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 5 High Street Merstham Surrey RH1 3BA. Reigate has handled 291 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Reigate's typical decision time. The site is in the Merstham Village conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

99% of heritage 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 3BA
Application type: Conservation Area Notice
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 January 2025
Consultation expiry: 11 February 2025
Consultation start: 21 January 2025
Consultation end: 11 February 2025
Target decision date: 19 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Cornwood Combe Bank Drive Sundridge TN14 6AD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13697947
Comments: 0
Documents: 4
Constraints: 21

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
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, 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, 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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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.

Source: Reigate

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