The New House Rockshaw Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3BZ

25/01889/FFull planningApproved

Full

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)12 conditions

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

Proposal

Replacement self-build dwelling, outdoor swimming pool and outbuilding. As amended on 14/11/2025, 15/12/2025 and on 20/02/2026

Received: 22 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 6
Council: Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Ward: Hooley, Merstham And Netherne

ReceivedReceived22 Oct
ValidatedValidated22 Oct
Consult.Consultation10 Mar
TargetTarget Date13 Mar
DecidedDecided11 Mar

Decided in 140 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at The New House Rockshaw Road Merstham Surrey RH1 3BZ. Reigate has handled 1,506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 12 weeks longer than Reigate's typical decision time. The site is in the Rockshaw Road, Merstham conservation area. There have been 15 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.

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: Full planning
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 10 March 2026
Consultation start: 24 February 2026
Consultation end: 10 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 28 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 18 November 2025
Target decision date: 13 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: The Old Brewery Tap 3 Shirburn Street Watlington Oxon OX49 5BU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 142 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 18 November 2025
Site notice end: 9 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14412676
Documents: 34
Constraints: 26

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.

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.

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Source: Reigate

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