Foundation House 42 - 48 London Road Reigate Surrey RH2 9QQ
Refused on 23 April 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Creation of two additional storey's on to existing office building to provide 14 flats. As amended on 06/03/2025.
- Received
- 26 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Ward
- Reigate
- ReceivedReceived26 Feb
- ValidatedValidated26 Feb
- Consult.Consultation28 Mar
- TargetTarget Date23 Apr
- DecidedDecided23 Apr
Decided in 56 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Foundation House 42 - 48 London Road Reigate Surrey RH2 9QQ. Reigate has handled 4,844 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 234 applications across Reigate. We hold 911 applications in total for the RH2 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- It is considered that the design and architectural features of the extension to the existing building would be harmful to its appearance and would be top-heavy in appearance and lead to a form of development which would be appear out of keeping with the original development on the site and would result in building which is taller than adjacent properties, unduly prominent, unsympathetic and at odds with the scale and form of the adjacent buildings along London Road and which would impact on the setting of designated heritage assets. The extensions would therefore cause harm to the existing building contrary to policy DES1 of the Reigate and Banstead Development Management Plan and requirements of the NPPF (paragraph 135 and Section 11). The prior approval of the Council is therefore required and is refused.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- RH2 9QQ
- Application type
- Part 20 Class AA - unit on det'd comm'l
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 14
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 2 April 2025
- Consultation start
- 7 March 2025
- Consultation end
- 28 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 April 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 12 March 2025
- Site notice end
- 2 April 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13804160
- Documents
- 24
- Constraints
- 20
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Brownfield land register: Foundation House, 42 - 48 London Road, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 9QQRegister 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.
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