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Standish Rockshaw Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3BZ

25/01017/HHOLDHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 5 August 2025

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Extension of outbuilding and use as annexe. As amended on 16/07/2025.

Received
11 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hooley, Merstham And Netherne
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jun
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target6 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Standish Rockshaw Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3BZ. Reigate has handled 1,506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Rockshaw Road, Merstham conservation area. 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 3BZ
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 June 2025
Consultation expiry
31 July 2025
Consultation start
17 July 2025
Consultation end
31 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 July 2025
Target decision date
6 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
13 Furze Lane Purley CR8 3EJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 July 2025
Advertisement expiry
24 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14063864
Documents
12
Constraints
32

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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