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74 Whyteleafe Road, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 5EF

2026/102/NHPrior notificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: Prior approval not required

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

Proposal

Erection of single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5 metres, for which the maximum height would be 4 metres, and for which the height of the eaves would be 3 metres. (Notification of a Proposed Larger Home extension)

Submitted
24 February 2026
Ward
Portley and Queens Park
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 74 Whyteleafe Road, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 5EF. Tandridge has handled 229 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tandridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Portley and Queens Park. We hold 365 applications in total for the CR3 postcode area.

75% of outline applications at Tandridge District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CR3 5EF
Application type
Prior notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Caterham-on-the-Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Target decision date
21 March 2026
Application expires
6 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

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: Tandridge
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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. 2026
    15 Apr

    ERECTION OF FRONT EXTENSION AND CONVERSION OF GARAGE TO HABITABLE ROOM

    PendingHouseholder2026/270

Source: Tandridge

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