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Land West Of Thornfield House Axes Lane Salfords Surrey

26/01549/PIPRefused

Refused on 27 October 2026

2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Erection of up to 9 self-build dwellings.

Submitted
22 September 2026
Ward
Horley East And Salfords
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.19 Oct
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 35 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Land West Of Thornfield House Axes Lane Salfords Surrey. 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 are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Horley East And Salfords. We hold 1,917 applications in total for the RH1 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. 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, which is regarded as harmful to the Green Belt by definition. No very special circumstances have been identified which would clearly outweigh the harm caused by reason of inappropriateness and the other harm identified.
  2. The lack of a site-specific flood risk assessment and a sequential test 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 Development Management Plan (2019) and Town Hall, Castlefield Road, Reigate, Surrey RH2 0SH Help Line 01737 276000 national decision-making policies F4, F5, F6 and F7 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2026).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RH1 5DG
Parish
Salfords And Sidlow Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2026
Consultation end
19 October 2026
Target decision date
27 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Hollie Marshall

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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • 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.

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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