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26/01252/PIP - Permission in Principle Refused
New homes

Proposal

Erection of 1 self build park home dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
10 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
8 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 8 Sept 2026 · Neighbourhood Development Manager · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Documents

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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.
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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.
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
Public byway open to all traffic 29 m away.
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.

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Important details

Council
Reigate
Application type
Permission in Principle
Postcode
RH1 5JN
Received
4 Aug 2026
Validated
4 Aug 2026
Ward
Horley East And Salfords
Parish
Salfords And Sidlow Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Sept 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
8 Sept 2026
Decision level
Neighbourhood Development Manager
Applicant
Show
Agent
PROwe Planning Solutions

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 20 days faster than Reigate's median of 55 for new homes. Refused, as 14% of new homes here are.

66%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
188decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Reigate in the last twelve months, from validation. Reigate decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
10 Aug 2026
Consultation
10 Aug 2026
Comments by
1 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

9 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
77 Honeycrock Lane Salfords Surrey RH1 5JN
Single storey rear extension. Max height 2.80, height eaves 2.80 and 4.30 extending beyon…
24/00335/PDE
2024 Approved
77 Honeycrock Lane Salfords Surrey RH1 5JN
Single storey rear extension. Max height 2.80, height eaves 2.80 and 4.30 extending beyon…
24/00335/PDE
2023 Refused
Dean Farm Honeycrock Lane Salfords Surrey RH1 5JN
A 20m high lattice mast on a new pad foundation supporting a singular headframe, 12 No. a…
23/00864/TED
2023 Refused
Dean Farm Honeycrock Lane Salfords Surrey RH1 5JN
A 20m high lattice mast on a new pad foundation supporting a singular headframe, 12 No. a…
23/00864/TED
2022 Approved
75 Honeycrock Lane Salfords Redhill Surrey RH1 5JN
Hip to gable roof extension and rear dormer with 4no. front elevation velux rooflights.
22/00633/CLP
2022 Approved
75 Honeycrock Lane Salfords Redhill Surrey RH1 5JN
Hip to gable roof extension and rear dormer with 4no. front elevation velux rooflights.
22/00633/CLP
2020 Refused
77 Honeycrock Lane Salfords Redhill Surrey RH1 5JN
Single storey extension following demolition of existing extension. As amended on 11/05/2…
20/00419/HHOLD
2020 Refused
77 Honeycrock Lane Salfords Redhill Surrey RH1 5JN
Single storey extension following demolition of existing extension. As amended on 11/05/2…
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2019 Approved
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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
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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