Demolition of Lombard House to start imminently; new Sainsbury’s development expected to be complete in summer 2016

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Preparatory work has started on the demolition of Lombard House, which will make way for a much larger Sainsbury’s store, car park, hotel and gym. As set out in the copy of the letter below, the work will start in full later in October, and last until the spring. The new store is expected to […]

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Planning application for new flats in town centre - Knowles House

A planning application has been submitted for conversion of and addition to the existing office buildings at Knowles House (the building which includes Mann Estate Agent and Dominos Pizza), to create 64 flats. The application, which has just been received, will be scrutinised by the Council’s planning officers, before coming to the Planning Committee for […]

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New planning application received for Liquid/Envy site

Proposed view from Marketfield Way

Following a past public exhibition, previous applications and planning approvals, the Council has just received another application for the Liquid/Envy building, opposite Redhill station. This follows the sale of the site by the previous developer, Angle Property, to MarCity. MarCity have now submitted a planning application (all documents here on the Council’s website), for flats […]

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Crispin Blunt welcomes refusal of Redhill aerodrome hard runway

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Crispin Blunt has welcomed the Planning Inspector’s decision to refuse the appeal for a hard runway at the Redhill Aerodrome. A public inquiry was held into the appeal in January 2014 at which Crispin Blunt appeared. Giving evidence, Crispin argued that development of a hard runway would result in an unacceptable breach of national green […]

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Crispin Blunt lodges formal objection to hard runway at Redhill Aerodrome

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Reigate MP, Crispin Blunt, has lodged his formal opposition to the planning application for a hard runway at Redhill Aerodrome with the Planning Inspectorate. In a joint letter with East Surrey MP, Sam Gyimah, Crispin Blunt submitted his written response to the Planning Inspector ahead of the planning appeal in January 2014. In the letter, […]

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Council wins appeal to prevent “cramped” 10 flat development

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A government planning inspector has today upheld the Council’s decision to refuse conversion of a house in Redhill into a development of 10 flats, on the grounds that it would lead to “unstatisfactory living conditions” for those living in the new flats. Specific problems cited included the fact that the smallest flats would be no […]

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Planning inspector overturns Council decision and permits redevelopment of Redhill’s old PO

Redhill old PO

Following the Council’s rejection of a planning application to redevelop the old Post Office building in Redhill earlier in the year, followed up with a petition in support of its preservation, a planning inspector has today overturned the outcome and given the go ahead to the scheme. The plans will see the existing roof removed […]

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Station redevelopment and Waitrose plans approved by Council

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The major redevelopment plans for the station site were approved unanimously by the Planning Committee on Wednesday evening, 2nd October. The plans, illustrated above, are the latest in a line of ambitious proposals for the site going back over 10 years - and these are the first plans to satisfy the various requirements for developing […]

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Application for flats on 141 Carlton Road refused by Council

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As set out in our article from October (here), a planning application was received by the Council for a block of 8 flats on the site of 141 Carlton Road (subsequently, some amended plans were received). Having now been scrutinised by the Council’s planning officers, and taking into account the comments received from local residents (the vast majority objecting […]

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Application for flats on 141 Carlton Road

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Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a part 2 part 3 storey building comprising of 8 apartments, formation of access to Hiltherwood Close and provision of 11 parking spaces with associated landscaping and tree planting. Further details of the application can be found at the following link: http://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/Planit2/planit2.jsp?Controller=p2Controller&Action=FindApplicationByRefvalAction&REFVAL=12/01725/F   Update (15/11/2012): Additional plans have […]

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