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Peter Tree Electrical Ltd 79 Horley Road Redhill Surrey RH1 5AS

25/01740/RETRetention / Continued UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 23 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Retrospective change of use for the property at 79 Horley Road, from commercial to residential.

Received
3 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Earlswood And Whitebushes
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Peter Tree Electrical Ltd 79 Horley Road Redhill Surrey RH1 5AS. Reigate has handled 278 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Reigate's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Earlswood And Whitebushes. We hold 1,917 applications in total for the RH1 postcode area.

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

  1. The proposed change of use fails to demonstrate that the loss of the Class E retail unit would be acceptable outside of designated centres due to a lack of marketing information to demonstrate that reasonable attempts have been made to sell/let the premises for retail uses or information to show the proposed use would make a positive contribution to vitality and viability or would be for a community facility which would benefit local residents. The proposal thereby fails to comply with policies DES1, RET4 and the requirements of Annex 3 of the Reigate and Banstead Development Management Plan 2019.
  2. The proposed change of use, due to the loss of commercial use at ground floor level within a parade of shops with commercial ground floor uses would result in a site out of character with the locale, contrary to policy DES1 of the Reigate and Banstead Development Management Plan 2019.
  3. The proposed change of use fails to provide adequate parking provision nor has satisfactory evidence been provided to demonstrate that non-compliance with parking standards would not result in unacceptable harm. The proposal therefore fails to comply with policy TAP1 and Annex 4 of the Reigate and Banstead Development Management Plan 2019.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RH1 5AS
Application type
Retention / Continued Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2025
Consultation expiry
4 December 2025
Consultation start
13 November 2025
Consultation end
4 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
7 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 November 2025
Target decision date
29 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14349284
Documents
14
Constraints
15

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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