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21 Tower Road Tadworth Surrey KT20 5QY

26/00084/PAP14APrior Approval - Solar (Domestic)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of 9 solar panels pitched at 12 degrees and rising up 24cms from the garage flat roof. All ancillary equipment will be located within the garage. Installation of a wooden screen along the side of the garage roof to a height as to hide the panels from view (greater than 24cms above the roof line).

Received
19 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Lower Kingswood Tadworth And Walton
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 21 Tower Road Tadworth Surrey KT20 5QY. Reigate has handled 567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 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.

81% of outline 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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Application details

Postcode
KT20 5QY
Application type
Prior Approval - Solar (Domestic)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Consultation expiry
13 February 2026
Consultation start
21 January 2026
Consultation end
11 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
21 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 February 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 January 2026
Site notice end
13 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14581978
Documents
13
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    27 Oct

    9 solar panels on the existing garage.

    WithdrawnCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)25/01909/CLP

Source: Reigate

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