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Highfield Beech Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3AE

25/00340/HHOLDHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 16 April 2025

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Retrospective installation of a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) system within the rear garden of the property. The system will consist of 20 solar panels (each 2278mm x 1134mm, 580W), mounted on a ground ballasting system at a maximum height of 1.61m above ground. The installation will be positioned along the north side of the garden, facing south, and set back 6m from the north boundary. No trees or vegetation will be removed. Access for installation will be via a 1.6m-wide side gate. The system will provide renewable energy for the household use, supporting sustainability goals while maintaining minimal visual and environmental impact.

Received
24 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Hooley, Merstham And Netherne
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.28 Mar
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Highfield Beech Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3AE. 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. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3AE
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2025
Consultation expiry
28 March 2025
Consultation start
7 March 2025
Consultation end
28 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
7 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 March 2025
Target decision date
21 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13793274
Documents
13
Constraints
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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.

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