Lower Duxhurst Farm 15 Reigate Road Sidlow Surrey RH2 8QH

26/01362/PIPRefused

Refused on 24 September 2026

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Proposal

Erection of up to 9 self build dwellings.

Submitted: 20 August 2026
Public comments: 6 · last counted 6 November 2026
Council: Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Ward: Horley West And Sidlow

ReceivedSubmitted20 Aug
ValidatedValidated20 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided24 Sep

Decided in 35 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Lower Duxhurst Farm 15 Reigate Road Sidlow Surrey RH2 8QH. Reigate has handled 4,844 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Reigate's typical decision time. 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.

Why it was refused

The proposal, by reason of the location of the site, is not in a sustainable location and therefore does not meet category g of national decision-making Policy GB7 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2026), nor does it fall within any of the other categories of development. As such, it would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and is regarded as harmful to the Green Belt, and there are no very special circumstances that exist.
The lack of a site-specific flood risk assessment and a sequential test (and exception test if within Flood Zone 3a) fails to demonstrate that this site is an appropriate location for residential development and fails to comply with Policy CS10 of the Reigate and Banstead Core Strategy (2014), Policy CCF1 of the Reigate and Banstead Town Hall, Castlefield Road, Reigate, Surrey RH2 0SH Help Line 01737 276000 Development Management Plan (2019) and national decision-making policies F4, F5, F6 and F7 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2026).
The lack of a legal agreement and therefore a mechanism to secure the proposed dwellings as self-build, or custom build fails to demonstrate that the dwellings will be occupied as the sole or main residence of the applicant or their family members for a period of 3 years from completion of the properties.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: RH2 8QH
Parish: Salfords And Sidlow Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Mr Russell Brown

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Green belt: Reigate and Banstead

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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20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Reigate

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