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Reigate and Banstead

In the last 12 months, 95.7% of householder applications were approved in Reigate and Banstead (210 decided). A typical householder decision takes about eight weeks (median 56 days).

Full planning applications: 81.2% approved (48 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-26–2026-07-03): 89.5% of 4,317 decisions approved.

5,114Total applications
3,865Approved
452Refused
161Withdrawn
354Pending
89.5%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
2,209Neighbourhood Development Manager
2,076Head of Places and Planning
712Principal Planning Officer
60Planning Committee
41Not Available
15Major Development Manager
1Senior Planning Officer
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Discharge of Conditions 1,097 1,059 38
96.5%
Householder 1,084 991 93
91.4%
Tree Works (TPO) 585 504 81
86.2%
Conservation Area Consent 356 356 0
100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 320 267 53
83.4%
Full Planning Application 173 132 41
76.3%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 156 135 21
86.5%
General Permitted Development - Extns 131 100 31
76.3%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 98 85 13
86.7%
Prior Approval (Other) 56 36 20
64.3%
Advertisement Consent 46 34 12
73.9%
Consultation 44 37 7
84.1%
Consultation rec'd from neighbouring LA 37 33 4
89.2%
Listed Building Consent 31 27 4
87.1%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 28 20 8
71.4%
Retention / Continued Use 18 13 5
72.2%
Change of Use 15 13 2
86.7%
Telecommunications 14 6 8
42.9%
Prior Approval (Class Q — Agricultural to Residential) 11 7 4
63.6%
Permission in Principle 5 1 4
20.0%
App by LA for implement'n by LA 3 3 0
100.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 2 2 0
100.0%
Demolition 2 2 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Class AA — Upward Extension) 2 0 2
0.0%
Reserved Matters 1 1 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 1 0 1
0.0%
Variation of Section 106 Agreement 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 315 285
90.5%
2023-Q4 324 289
89.2%
2024-Q1 351 307
87.5%
2024-Q2 371 344
92.7%
2024-Q3 362 318
87.8%
2024-Q4 404 362
89.6%
2025-Q1 388 347
89.4%
2025-Q2 337 293
86.9%
2025-Q3 356 327
91.9%
2025-Q4 359 334
93.0%
2026-Q1 323 293
90.7%
2026-Q2 28 27
96.4%
2026-Q3 1 1
100.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Reigate 610 548 62
89.8%
Chipstead, Kingswood And Woodmansterne 536 474 62
88.4%
Lower Kingswood Tadworth And Walton 484 427 57
88.2%
Meadvale And St Johns 354 333 21
94.1%
Banstead Village 307 275 32
89.6%
Horley Central And South 290 252 38
86.9%
Nork 267 241 26
90.3%
Hooley, Merstham And Netherne 250 219 31
87.6%
Horley West And Sidlow 227 197 30
86.8%
Redhill West And Wray Common 197 181 16
91.9%
Horley East And Salfords 184 159 25
86.4%
Tattenham Corner And Preston 182 173 9
95.1%
Planning guides

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