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Richfields Firth 59 Nutfield Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3ER

25/00562/FFull planningApproved
Full

Approved on 24 April 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use to Chinese / hot food take away. Installation of extractor canopy and shop front change. As amended on 16/05/2025, 28/05/2025, 20/06/2025, 29/09/2025, 27/01/2026 and on 21/04/2026

Received
7 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Hooley, Merstham And Netherne
  1. Received7 Apr
  2. Validated7 Apr
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 382 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Richfields Firth 59 Nutfield Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3ER. Reigate has handled 1,506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 382 days, 47 weeks longer than Reigate's typical decision time. There have been 3 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.

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 3ER
Application type
Full planning
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 April 2025
Consultation expiry
16 February 2026
Consultation start
2 February 2026
Consultation end
16 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 May 2025
Target decision date
24 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
65 Baring Road Lee SE12 0JS

Planning decision

Statutory period
382 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13881071
Documents
40
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

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, 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.

Source: Reigate

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