Lower Duxhurst Farm 15 Reigate Road Sidlow Surrey RH2 8QH

26/00057/RETRetention / Continued UseRefused

Discharge / amendments

Refused on 21 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Retention of hardstanding and associated temporary buildings

Received: 24 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Ward: Horley West And Sidlow

ReceivedReceived24 Feb
ValidatedValidated24 Feb
Consult.Consultation20 Mar
TargetTarget Date21 Apr
DecidedDecided21 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Lower Duxhurst Farm 15 Reigate Road Sidlow Surrey RH2 8QH. Reigate has handled 278 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 30 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Horley West And Sidlow. We hold 911 applications in total for the RH2 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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

In the absence of sufficient information and based on evidence that the site does not appear to be used solely for agricultural purposes it has not been demonstrated that the proposed hardstanding and associated temporary buildings would be reasonably necessary for the purposes of agriculture at the site. Therefore the development would constitute an inappropriate form of development within the Metropolitan Green Belt and would be contrary to the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024.
The proposed retention of hardstanding and associated temporary buildings, by virtue of the utilitarian appearance of the structures and the extent of hardstanding, would result in an unacceptable level of visual harm to the rural character of the area. The proposed development would therefore fail to meet the requirements of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024, and Policies NHE2 and DES1 of the Reigate and Banstead Development Management Plan 2019.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: RH2 8QH
Application type: Retention / Continued Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Salfords And Sidlow Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 20 March 2026
Consultation start: 27 February 2026
Consultation end: 20 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 27 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 20 March 2026
Target decision date: 21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Room 204 Technopole Kingston Crescent Portsmouth PO2 8FA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14619719
Documents: 17
Constraints: 25

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
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.

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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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20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Reigate

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