Utopia 35 Lesbourne Road Reigate Surrey RH2 7JS
Proposal
Change of use of Class E retail to C3 residential within the provisions of Class MA of Schedule 2, Part 3 of the GPDO 2015 (as amended). Change of use to a 1 bed/ 1 person studio unit on the ground floor only.
- Received
- 2 January 2026
- Decided
- 19 February 2026 · Prior Approval Refused
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Meadvale And St Johns
- ReceivedSubmitted2 Jan
- ValidatedValidated2 Jan
- Consult.Consultation27 Jan
- TargetTarget Date20 Feb
- DecidedDecided19 Feb
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
This is an outline application for a change of use at Utopia 35 Lesbourne Road Reigate Surrey RH2 7JS. Reigate has handled 567 applications of this type and approves 79% of them, typically deciding them in 49 days. This one was decided in 48 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Meadvale And St Johns. We hold 869 applications in total for the RH2 postcode area.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Why it was refused
- The application site falls within an area which is covered by an Article 4 direction which removes permitted development rights granted by Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). The proposal would, by virtue of the internal floor area, fail to comply with the Nationally Described Space Standards (NDSS). The proposal would therefore fail to comply with condition (9A) of MA.2 of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), as Schedule 2 does not grant permission for, or authorise any development of, any new dwellinghouse that does Manager: Andrew Benson, Planning & Regulatory Services Town Hall, Castlefield Road, Reigate, Surrey RH2 0SH not comply with the nationally described space standard issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government on 27th March 2015.
From the council's decision notice.
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: Reigate
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.
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