Planning permission in Reigate and Banstead
Most single-storey rear extensions within the national permitted development limits don't need planning permission in Reigate and Banstead. The rules are stricter in its 21 conservation areas, where side extensions, two-storey extensions and loft dormers need permission. Check your address to see which rules apply.
Reigate and Banstead at a glance
- Conservation areas
- 21
- Article 4 areas
- Not published
- Protected landscapes
- Surrey Hills
- Planning decisions
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
How many conservation areas are there in Reigate and Banstead?
Reigate and Banstead has 21 conservation areas. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are reduced: side extensions, two-storey extensions, loft dormers and cladding all need planning permission, and many councils add Article 4 directions on top.
- Banstead
- Chart Lane
- Cross Oak Lane
- Elmore Road Chipstead
- Flanchford Road and Colley Lane
- High Road Chipstead
- Horley, Church Road
- Kingswood
- Linkfield Street
- Massetts Road
- Merstham Village
- Netherne-on-the-Hill
- Redhill, Station Road
- Redstone Hill
- Reigate Town Centre
- Rockshaw Road
- Shaws Corner
- Somers Road
- St Johns
- Walton on the Hill
- Wray Common
Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.
Does Reigate and Banstead have Article 4 directions?
Reigate and Banstead hasn't published any Article 4 boundaries on planning.data.gov.uk. Most councils have at least one Article 4 direction, often in conservation areas, so check the council's website or ask its planning team before relying on permitted development.
What is an Article 4 direction?
Is any of Reigate and Banstead in a national park, National Landscape or green belt?
- National Landscape (Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty) in or bordering Reigate and Banstead: Surrey Hills.
- There is green belt in or bordering Reigate and Banstead. Householder permitted development rights apply as normal in the green belt, but if you need planning permission, green belt policy limits how much a home can be enlarged.
National parks and National Landscapes restrict permitted development in similar ways to conservation areas. Read more: extensions, loft dormers and garden rooms.
Listed buildings and protected trees in Reigate and Banstead
Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Reigate and Banstead doesn't publish listed building outlines, so where a listed building is recorded near an address, we ask the homeowner to check whether it's theirs.
Reigate and Banstead doesn't publish its tree preservation orders as data. If there are mature trees near your project, ask the council whether any are protected before you start.
What planning data does Reigate and Banstead publish?
| Data | Status | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Conservation area boundaries | Published | 21 |
| Article 4 direction boundaries | Not published | 0 |
| Listed building outlines | Not published | 0 |
| Tree preservation order areas | Not published | 0 |
| Protected trees | Not published | 0 |
Planning work on a home in Reigate and Banstead? Put a pin on your house and we'll check it against all of this.
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Data from planning.data.gov.uk, published by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 30 October 2026. Reigate and Banstead Borough Council website.