Squash Courts At Rca Kenley Aerodrome, Whyteleafe Hill, Whyteleafe, Surrey, CR3 0AJ Data via plota.co.uk

2025/710 Approved

Proposal

Refurbishment and repair of existing Squash Court building, including reinstation of slate roof and rooflights. (Updated Ecological Information received). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Aug 2025
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Approved
27 Feb 2026

Approved on 27 Feb 2026 · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 6

National nature reserve about 72 m away: South London Downs
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Scheduled monument about 214 m away: Group of seven World War II fighter pens at the former airfield of RAF Kenley; Inside the Whyteleafe built-up area; Green belt about 72 m away: London.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 16 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
Tandridge
Postcode
CR3 0AJ
Received
8 Aug 2025
Validated
8 Aug 2025
Parish
Caterham-on-the-Hill
Target decision
2 Mar 2026
Decision date
27 Feb 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 203 days from validation, 127 days slower than Tandridge's median of 76 for full applications. Approved, as 83% of full applications here are.

31%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
303decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Tandridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Tandridge decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
7 Sept 2025
Tandridge
Planning Authority Score
2.3/10
Poor
#264 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Tandridge is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #234 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 56% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Tandridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #228 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #196 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #234 of 296
56%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #255 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
122 decided (1-9 homes)
47%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
8 decided
701
Total decisions
113 refused in the year to March 2026