68 High Street Reigate Surrey RH2 9AP
Refused on 18 May 2026
Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
New shop front. As amended on 13/11/2025 and on 09/03/2026.
- Received
- 9 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 48
- Ward
- Reigate
- ReceivedReceived9 Mar
- ValidatedValidated9 Mar
- Consult.Consultation31 Mar
- TargetTarget Date4 May
- DecidedDecided18 May
Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 68 High Street Reigate Surrey RH2 9AP. Reigate has handled 1,506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Reigate's typical decision time. The site is in the Reigate Town Centre conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 235 applications across Reigate. We hold 911 applications in total for the RH2 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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Why it was refused
- The shopfront - with or without the taller stallriser - by reason of its material, flat frontage, large plate glass and high fascia board, is an inappropriate replacement for the pre-existing shopfront. As such, it has a significantly detrimental impact upon the host building and cause less than substantial harm to designated heritage assets that is not outweighed by public benefits. Therefore, the application is contrary to Policy CS4 of the Core Strategy (2014), Policies DES1, DES10 and NHE9 of the Development Management Plan (2019), the Reigate Town Centre Shop Front Design SPD 2020) and the Shopfront and Shop Sign Design Guide SPD (2001).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- RH2 9AP
- Application type
- Full planning
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 31 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 10 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 31 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 4 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Architect profile
- LA VAASTU LTD
- Agent address
- 3 Dakota House 17 Hornchurch Road Uxbridge UB10 0YP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 November 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 December 2025
- Site notice start
- 18 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 9 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14445043
- Documents
- 57
- Constraints
- 26
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Reigate Town Centre
- 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, 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.
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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Reigate
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