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Sparkle Laundrette 50 Nutfield Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3EP

25/01683/PAP3MAPrior Approval - Comm'l to DwellingRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 6 November 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Prior approval for change of use to dwellinghouse

Received
18 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Hooley, Merstham And Netherne
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Oct
  4. Target6 Nov
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Sparkle Laundrette 50 Nutfield Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3EP. Reigate has handled 567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Reigate's typical decision time. There have been 2 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.

81% of outline 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

  1. The proposal, by virtue of the loss of the laundrette use and that there is a reasonable prospect of its future use in this regard, along with the marketing assessment being incomplete would fail to comply with condition (d(i)) of M2.2 of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class M of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RH1 3EP
Application type
Prior Approval - Comm'l to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2025
Consultation expiry
28 October 2025
Consultation start
2 October 2025
Consultation end
23 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
1 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 October 2025
Target decision date
6 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 October 2025
Site notice end
28 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14335039
Documents
15
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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