Reigate Hill Golf Club Gatton Bottom Reigate Surrey RH2 0TU Data via plota.co.uk

25/02275/F - Full planning Approved

Proposal

Construction of an 18 hole adventure golf course and associated landscaping (as amended on 13/02/2026 and on 10/03/2026). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jan 2026
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Consultation
16 Mar 2026
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Approved
10 Apr 2026

Approved on 10 Apr 2026 · Principal Planning Officer · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 9

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Surrey Hills National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Registered park or garden: Lower Gatton Park
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Ancient woodland about 13 m away
Inside the 15 m buffer standing advice asks for from the boundary.
National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.
Habitat network: Ancient Semi Natural Woodland
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI about 274 m away: Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment SSSI; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Gatton built-up area; Priority habitat about 13 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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 British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

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Important details

Council
Reigate
Application type
Full planning
Postcode
RH2 0TU
Received
8 Jan 2026
Validated
8 Jan 2026
Ward
Redhill West And Wray Common
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Apr 2026
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
10 Apr 2026
Decision level
Principal Planning Officer
Applicant
Show
Agent
Wessex Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 92 days from validation, 25 days slower than Reigate's median of 67 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 95% of commercial and major works here are.

45%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
7%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Reigate in the last twelve months, from validation. Reigate decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14444998
Planning Portal ref
PP-14444998
Consultation
16 Mar 2026
Comments by
30 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Apr 2026
Reigate
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#52 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Reigate decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #160 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #135 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #70 of 296
26%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #35 of 296
71%
Minor dwellings approved
110 decided (1-9 homes)
90%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
74%
Change of use approved
31 decided
981
Total decisions
116 refused in the year to March 2026