Nightingale Cottage High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD Data via plota.co.uk

26/00898/CAN - Conservation Area Notice Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

G1 - Leylandii Hedge - To reduce by 3.0m in height and trim sides. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 May 2026
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Consultation
27 May 2026
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Approved
30 Jun 2026

Approved on 30 Jun 2026 · Principal Planning Officer · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 8

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 ↗
High Road, Chipstead conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Public footpath about 13 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape about 62 m away: Surrey Hills
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
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.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2.
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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £420,000 in March 2006. Detached house, freehold.

10 March 2006£420,000
31 May 2002£340,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Reigate
Application type
Conservation Area Notice
Postcode
CR5 3SD
Received
26 May 2026
Validated
26 May 2026
Ward
Chipstead, Kingswood And Woodmansterne
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Jun 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
30 Jun 2026
Decision level
Principal Planning Officer
Applicant
Show
Agent
Expertrees Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 21 days faster than Reigate's median of 56 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 92% of tree and landscaping works here are.

73%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
316decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14960887
Planning Portal ref
PP-14960887
Consultation
27 May 2026
Comments by
17 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Beech (T1) - To reduce mature Beech tree located in the rear garden back to previous redu…
24/00316/CAN
2024 Approved
Beech (T1) - To reduce mature Beech tree located in the rear garden back to previous redu…
24/00316/CAN
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Withdrawn
Woodlands High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
T1- Rear garden silver birch reduce and reshape crown by 2.5 metres retaining a healthy g…
22/02186/CAN
2022 Withdrawn
Woodlands High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
T1- Rear garden silver birch reduce and reshape crown by 2.5 metres retaining a healthy g…
22/02186/CAN
2024 Approved
Shepherds Lawn Cottage High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
Tree A = Ash. Tree B=Maple. Tree C=Elm. Tree D=Ash. Tree E=Maple. Tree A has ash die back…
24/01924/CAN
2024 Approved
Shepherds Lawn Cottage High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
Tree A = Ash. Tree B=Maple. Tree C=Elm. Tree D=Ash. Tree E=Maple. Tree A has ash die back…
24/01924/CAN
2024 Approved
The Reading Room High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
T1 - Oak - Clean out crown by removal of superfluous branches created since heavy pruning…
24/01603/CAN
2024 Approved
The Reading Room High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
T1 - Oak - Clean out crown by removal of superfluous branches created since heavy pruning…
24/01603/CAN
2024 Approved
Sandpit Cottage High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
T1- 1x Oak tree reducr and reshape by 2 metres. G1. 1x Small Conifer hedge, approximately…
24/01581/CAN
2024 Approved
Sandpit Cottage High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
T1- 1x Oak tree reducr and reshape by 2 metres. G1. 1x Small Conifer hedge, approximately…
24/01581/CAN
2024 Approved
The Riding High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
T1 - Beech - Raise crown to 5 meters & thin by 20%. Remove major dead wood - to encourage…
24/00520/CAN
2024 Approved
The Riding High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
T1 - Beech - Raise crown to 5 meters & thin by 20%. Remove major dead wood - to encourage…
24/00520/CAN
2023 Approved
Victoria Cottage 3 Old School Mews High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
Tree specimens are Sycamores forming 15m high boundary between the properties 3 Old Schoo…
23/01768/CAN
2023 Approved
Victoria Cottage 3 Old School Mews High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
Tree specimens are Sycamores forming 15m high boundary between the properties 3 Old Schoo…
23/01768/CAN
2023 Approved
Farm Cottage High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
Fell 1 no. Lilac; reduce one Yew that overhangs the house; 1 no. Beech to be rduced by 30…
23/01594/CAN
2023 Approved
Farm Cottage High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
Fell 1 no. Lilac; reduce one Yew that overhangs the house; 1 no. Beech to be rduced by 30…
23/01594/CAN
2022 Refused
Shepherds Lawn Cottage High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
Erection of oak framed garage extension to existing garage. As amended on 13/03/2023
22/02717/HHOLD
2022 Refused
Shepherds Lawn Cottage High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
Erection of oak framed garage extension to existing garage. As amended on 13/03/2023
22/02717/HHOLD
2023 Approved
Racquets High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
Erection of first floor dormer. As amended on 30/01/2023 and on 15/02/2023
22/02796/HHOLD
2023 Approved
Racquets High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
Erection of first floor dormer. As amended on 30/01/2023 and on 15/02/2023
22/02796/HHOLD
2022
Woodlands High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
T1- Rear garden silver birch reduce and reshape crown by 2.5 metres retaining a healthy g…
22/02186/TPO
2022
Woodlands High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
T1- Rear garden silver birch reduce and reshape crown by 2.5 metres retaining a healthy g…
22/02186/TPO
2019 Approved
Nightingale Cottage High Road Chipstead Coulsdon Surrey CR5 3SD
Beech (T1) - Crown reduce mature Beech tree located in the rear garden by approximately 2…
19/02459/CAN
2019 Withdrawn
The Riding High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
T1 Oak - Raise crown to ensure 4 meters ground clearance , thin remainder by 20% - close…
19/02057/CAN
2019 Withdrawn
The Riding High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
T1 Oak - Raise crown to ensure 4 meters ground clearance , thin remainder by 20% - close…
19/02057/CAN
2017 Approved
The Riding High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
Alterations to include additional roof lights & front extension to lean too.
17/00586/HHOLD
2017 Approved
The Riding High Road Chipstead Surrey CR5 3SD
Alterations to include additional roof lights & front extension to lean too.
17/00586/HHOLD
Reigate
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#52 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.