Moat Farm 27 Reigate Road Hookwood Surrey RH6 0HL Data via plota.co.uk

26/01258/RET - Retention / Continued Use Registered

Proposal

Retention of shed and conversion of building to farm shop. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 23 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
2 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 18 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 18 Nov 2026, from Reigate's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 23 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 4

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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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 4. 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.
Public footpath 20 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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

Floor area123 m² (1,324 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (45 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 5 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2020, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Reigate
Application type
Retention / Continued Use
Postcode
RH6 0HL
Received
around 23 Sept 2026
Validated
23 Sept 2026
Ward
Horley West And Sidlow
Parish
Salfords And Sidlow Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Nov 2026
Decision level
Neighbourhood Development Manager
Applicant
Show
Agent
Colin Smith Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 16 of the 56-day target. Reigate usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 1640 days to the 56-day target
70%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
81decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Reigate in the last twelve months, from validation. Reigate decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15045970
Planning Portal ref
PP-15045970
Neighbours
2 Oct 2026
Consultation
2 Oct 2026
Comments by
23 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
18 Nov 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

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.