4 Croydon Lane Banstead Surrey SM7 3AS

1. 1.The proposed new dwellings would constitute inappropriate development within the Metropolitan Green Belt and would result in harm to openness of the green belt. No very special circumstances exist to clearly outweigh the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other identified harm. The development would therefore be contrary to the provisions of the NPPF 2024, Core Strategy Policy CS3, and Policy NHE5 of the Development Management Plan 2019.
2. 2.The proposed dwellings would, by virtue of the poor utilitarian design with large crown roof, lacking articulation or visual interest, appear as poorly designed dwellings within the street scene. The proposal would also appear as a stark and cramped overdevelopment of the site with limited space for soft landscaping in a rural location dominated by a more sporadic and spacious grain of development particularly to the northern side of Croydon lane, due to the tightness to boundaries, relationship with the existing dwelling occupying the site, small rear gardens, level of hardstanding and parking dominated frontage. The proposal would therefore appear as an inappropriate form of development, harmful to the character of the street scene and wider area contrary to policies DES1 and DES2 of the Reigate and Banstead Development Management Plan 2019 and contrary to the provisions of the NPPF 2024.
3. 3.The proposed development, by failing to provide a ceiling height of 2.3m or greater within 75% of the Gross Internal Area, by providing unacceptable outlook to first floor bedrooms and by virtue of the small cramped rear gardens would fail to meet the requirements of the nationally described space standard and would provide a poor level of amenity for future occupiers. The proposal would therefore be contrary to the NPPF 2024 and policies DES1, DES2 and DES5 of the Reigate and Banstead Development Management Plan 2019.
4. 4.The proposed development would, due to the location of the proposed dwellings and associated parking provision result in a poor level of outlook to the side facing bedroom window of the host property, No. 4 Croydon Lane, in conflict with policy DES1 of the Development Management Plan and the guidance found within the Councils Householder Extensions and Alterations Supplementary Planning Guidance.
5. 5.The existing access is in a poor state of repair and the provision of two further dwellings utilising the access would result in an intensification of the use which would lead to further damage. The proposal would therefore, without sufficient mitigation or remedial works which have not been demonstrated, result in a development that would not provide an adequate access to the site in conflict with policy TAP1 of the Reigate and Banstead Local Plan Development Management Plan 2019 and the NPPF 2024.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

SM7 3AS

Application type

Full planning

Scale / size

Small

Date validated

9 January 2026

Consultation expiry

19 February 2026

Consultation start

21 January 2026

Consultation end

11 February 2026

Neighbour consultation start

20 January 2026

Neighbour consultation end

10 February 2026

Target decision date

6 March 2026

Agent address

54 St. Andrews Avenue Wembley London HA0 2QD

Statutory period

56 days

Site notice start

29 January 2026

Site notice end

19 February 2026

Planning Portal ID

PP-14412960

Documents

24

Constraints

16