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Bluebell Wood Brighton Road Lower Kingswood Surrey KT20 6XL

25/02153/DET04Refused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 30 September 2026

1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Submission of landscaping details pursuant to condition 4 of permission 25/02153/F. Redevelopment of the existing dwelling to provide a replacement bungalow. As amended on 17/06/2026 and on 16/07/2026.

Submitted
22 April 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 31 October 2026
Ward
Lower Kingswood Tadworth And Walton
  1. Received22 Apr
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 161 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Bluebell Wood Brighton Road Lower Kingswood Surrey KT20 6XL. Reigate has handled 4,844 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 15 weeks longer than Reigate's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Lower Kingswood Tadworth And Walton. We hold 1,040 applications in total for the KT20 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The presented landscaping scheme, provides insufficient information with regard to the detail of the sizes/density, implementation program or aftercare of the soft landscaping and an inappropriate extent of hard landscaping at the frontage of the site, with little introduction of soft landscaping to help balance the impact, resulting in a stark appearance, out of keeping with the surrounding prevailing character and the wider Green Belt location in which the dwelling is set. The proposal thereby fails to comply with policies DES1, NHE3 and NHE5 of the Reigate and Banstead Development Management Plan 2019.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
KT20 6XL
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Stephen Yeoell

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    19 Oct

    Submission of materials details pursuant to condition 3 of permission 25/02153/F

    PendingDischarge of conditions25/02153/DET03
  2. 2026
    22 Apr

    Submission of landscaping details pursuant to condition 4 of permission 25/02153/F

    This applicationRefusedDischarge of conditions25/02153/DET04
  3. 2026
    22 Apr

    Submission of tree protection plan details pursuant to condition 5 of permission 25/02153/F

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions25/02153/DET05

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    28 Apr

    Erection of an outbuilding.

    RefusedCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)23/00858/CLP

Source: Reigate

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