Lowood Rockshaw Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3BZ
Approved on 23 June 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1 - Sycamore tree located next to the garage on the front driveway of the property. Tree is approximately 18 meters in height and has been previously pollarded at 9 meters. We are requesting to pollard these trees down to 8 meters to allow for regular reductions of the trees to keep them at a final finished height of 10m in future. T2 - Sycamore tree located next to the garage on the front driveway of the property. Tree is approximately 18 meters in height and has been previously pollarded at 9 meters. We are requesting to pollard these trees down to 8 meters to allow for regular reductions of the trees to keep them at a final finished height of 10m in future. T3 - Sycamore tree located next to the garage on the front driveway of the property. Tree is approximately 25 meters in height and has been previously pollarded at 9 meters. We are requesting to pollard these trees down to 8 meters to allow for regular reductions of the trees to keep them at a final finished height of 10m in future. G1 - Mixed species group located beneath T1-T2-T3 composing of conifer laurel and blackthorn. Remove all saplings and cut back the sides by 2 meters to allow for the addition of new plants.
- Received
- 27 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hooley, Merstham And Netherne
- ReceivedReceived27 May
- ValidatedValidated27 May
- Consult.Consultation19 Jun
- TargetTarget Date1 Jul
- DecidedDecided23 Jun
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for a garage at Lowood Rockshaw Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3BZ. Reigate has handled 291 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Reigate's typical decision time. The site is in the Rockshaw Road, Merstham conservation area. There have been 5 other applications 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.
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 3BZ
- Application type
- Conservation Area Notice
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 June 2025
- Consultation start
- 29 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 19 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 1 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Tower Farm War Coppice Road Caterham CR3 6AS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 35 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Rockshaw Road, Merstham
- 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 (20)
flood storage 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.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202417 Jul
T1 - Magnolia tree. Reduce and re-shape by 0.5-1m to create a uniform shape and size whilst maintaining…
ApprovedConservation Area Notice24/01231/CAN - 201412 Nov
Submission of tree protection plan details pursuant to Condition 4 of 01869/HHold
ApprovedDischarge of conditions14/01869/DET04 - 201412 Sep
The proposals include for the demolition of the existing shed and the construction of a new double garage.
ApprovedHouseholder14/01869/HHOLD - 201427 May
Fell two pine trees, seven conifers, two poplars and one cherry
WithdrawnConservation Area Notice14/01051/CAN - 20144 Apr
Construction of a new detached double carport with associated store and potting shed further to the…
RefusedHouseholder14/00683/HHOLD
Source: Reigate
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