Planning application
The Secondhand Bookshop, 27 Station Road West, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 9EE
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use of ground floor from Class A1 (retail) to Class A3 (restaurant/hot food takeaway). (Prior Approval - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class C)
As published by the council, reference 2020/1499/NC
Application record
- Reference
- 2020/1499/NC
- Type
- Prior notification
- Status
- Decision Determined
- Decision
- Prior approval refused
- Received
- 18 Aug 2020
- Validated
- 19 Aug 2020
- Decided
- 12 Oct 2020
- Ward
- Oxted North and Tandridge
- Parish
- Oxted
- Postcode
- RH8 9EE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tandridge register
This site has had 2 applications since 2020: 0 approved, 2 refused.
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2020/1603 Refused
The Secondhand Bookshop, 27 Station Road West, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 9EE
Conversion of existing ground floor retail unit and lower ground floor residential unit to new restaurant unit with associated external works.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Aug 2020
Received by Tandridge
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19 Aug 2020
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 Oct 2020
Decision issued: Prior approval refused
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2 Sep 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Tandridge refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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