Reigate Grammar School, Reigate Road, Reigate, RH2 0QS

Planning appeal 3322588 at Reigate Grammar School, Reigate Road, Reigate, RH2 0QS (Reigate and Banstead Borough Council) was dismissed on 20 August 2024 by Inspector Price A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the neighbouring occupiers at 3 Blackborough Close and Reigate Parish Church Primary School, with particular regard to overbearing and obtrusive impacts.

the demolition of existing music drum room and 4 Multi Use Games Areas and construction of a new sports centre, including ancillary facilities, and 4 new Multi Use Games Areas, together with revisions to site levels, drainage, plant, landscaping and other associated works

Authority: Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
Inspector: Price A
Postcode: RH2 0QS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the neighbouring occupiers at 3 Blackborough Close and Reigate Parish Church Primary School, with particular regard to overbearing and obtrusive impacts

What decided it

The substantial separation distances between the proposed sports hall and neighbouring properties, combined with intervening landscaping and design modifications, meant the development would not result in harmful overbearing or obtrusive impacts on living conditions.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DES1Policy NHE9
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 209

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