Byrnes Kennels Pretty Lane Hooley Surrey CR5 1NS Data via plota.co.uk

26/01000/RET - Retention / Continued Use Refused
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Retrospective application for a detached timber outbuilding for incidental residential purposes; including the removal of any potential for use as a primary self-contained dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
23 Jun 2026
✓
Consultation
26 Jun 2026
✗
Refused
18 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 18 Aug 2026 · Principal Planning Officer · Last checked 19 Aug 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

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.
Public bridleway 7 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.
Ancient woodland 10 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.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, 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: Other Priority Habitats -NEX
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 11 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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
Retention / Continued Use
Postcode
CR5 1NS
Received
23 Jun 2026
Validated
23 Jun 2026
Ward
Hooley, Merstham And Netherne
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Aug 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
18 Aug 2026
Decision level
Principal Planning Officer
Applicant
Show
Agent
Planix.UK Planning Consultants Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 11% of extensions here are.

81%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
387decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14972573
Neighbours
26 Jun 2026
Consultation
26 Jun 2026
Comments by
17 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Refused
Outbuilding for incedental use by the main dwelling and associated buildings
25/01322/CLE
2025 Refused
Outbuilding for incedental use by the main dwelling and associated buildings
25/01322/CLE
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings