Dovenby Hall 271 Balcombe Road Horley Surrey RH6 9UU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Changing the use from Class E to Class F1 to establish a specialised school for students with special educational needs (SEN). This application solely pertains to change of use, with no alterations planned for the building. Removal of condition 7 and variation of condition 8 of permission to change the capacity from 50 students to 70. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 17 Apr 2026 · Principal Planning Officer · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Associated applications 2
Part of
Conditions 7, 8 varied
- VariationChanging the use from Class E to Class F1 to establish a specialised school for students…This application26/00086/S73
Site constraints 3
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2021, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Reigate
- Application type
- Section 73 Application
- Postcode
- RH6 9UU
- Received
- 12 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 12 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Horley Central And South
- Parish
- Horley Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 17 Apr 2026
- Decision
- Approved with Conditions
- Decision date
- 17 Apr 2026
- Decision level
- Principal Planning Officer
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 64 days from validation, 8 days slower than Reigate's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 82% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Reigate in the last twelve months, from validation. Reigate decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14556453
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14556453
- Neighbours
- 18 Feb 2026
- Consultation
- 18 Feb 2026
- Comments by
- 11 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 17 Apr 2026
Historical activity at this location
12 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Reigate is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #70 out of 296. Only 26% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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Dovenby Hall 271 Balcombe Road Horley Surrey RH6 9UU
Changing the use from Class E to Class F1 to establish a specialised school for students with special educational needs (SEN). This application solely pertains to change of use, with no alterations planned for the building. As amended on 12/08/2024
- Received
- 3 May 2024
- Decided
- 24 Sep 2024
- Outcome
- Approved