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Ashdown Margery Lane Lower Kingswood Surrey KT20 7BG

25/02194/HHOLDHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 26 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension with shallow pitched roof.

Received
5 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Lower Kingswood Tadworth And Walton
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Ashdown Margery Lane Lower Kingswood Surrey KT20 7BG. Reigate has handled 1,506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Reigate's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 157 applications across Lower Kingswood Tadworth And Walton. We hold 1,040 applications in total for the KT20 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

  1. The proposed single storey rear addition would, by reason of its overall size and depth, represent a disproportionate addition to the existing dwelling. As a result, it would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt which, by definition, is harmful. No very special circumstances exist to clearly outweigh the harm by reason of inappropriateness and the other identified harm. As such, the proposal is contrary to Reigate and Banstead Core Strategy Policy CS3 and Reigate and Banstead Development Management Plan Policies NHE1 and NHE5 and the provisions of the NPPF (2024).
  2. The proposed extension would be of excessive depth and would, due its overall size and scale, would appear obtrusive and harmful to the appearance of the host dwelling, out of keeping with its overall scale and character, thereby contrary to Policy DES1 of the Reigate and Banstead Development Management Plan 2019.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
KT20 7BG
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2026
Consultation expiry
3 February 2026
Consultation start
13 January 2026
Consultation end
3 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
13 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
3 February 2026
Target decision date
2 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Parkside Court Weybridge KT13 8AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6008838
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 4 August 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14540783
Documents
12
Constraints
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Reigate and Banstead
  • National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
  • 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, 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, 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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