Finns Farm Smalls Hill Road Horley Surrey
Refused on 9 October 2025
Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Erection of steel-framed shelter and extension of hardstanding (Retrospective)
- Received
- 25 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Ward
- Horley West And Sidlow
- ReceivedReceived25 Jun
- ValidatedValidated25 Jun
- Consult.Consultation23 Jul
- TargetTarget Date20 Aug
- DecidedDecided9 Oct
Decided in 106 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Finns Farm Smalls Hill Road Horley Surrey. Reigate has handled 278 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Reigate's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Horley West And Sidlow.
88% of amendment 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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Why it was refused
- The proposed development would by virtue of its scale, form, and massing, along with the significant area of hardstanding, be an inappropriate form of development that would be harmful to the openness of the Green Belt. In the absence of very special circumstances to outweigh the harm caused by reason of inappropriateness and the other harm identified, the proposed development would be contrary to policy NHE5 of the Reigate and Banstead Development Management Plan 2019, policies CS2 and CS3 of the Core Strategy 2014 and the National Planning Policy Framework. Pro-active Statement: Town Hall, Castlefield Road, Reigate, Surrey RH2 0SH Help Line 01737 276000 The Local Planning Authority has
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Application type
- Retention / Continued Use
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 23 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 2 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 23 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 2 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 20 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Long Barn Poplars Place Turners Hill Road Crawley Down RH10 4HH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14040027
- Documents
- 24
- Constraints
- 35
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Brownfield land register: Barclays Bank Plc, 105 Victoria Road, Horley, Surrey, RH6 7AXRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (21)
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