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Planning Approval Rates by Ward in Reigate & Banstead

Planning outcomes in Reigate & Banstead are highly localised. The gap between the most and least permissive wards is 13.5% — that's not noise, it's a fundamentally different planning environment depending on where you live.

7,499 real decisions·16 wards·Updated September 2026
100.0%
Highest: Horley East Historic
86.5%
Lowest: Chipstead, Kingswood
13.5%
Gap
16
Wards
86.5% approved overall. But 1,014 applications refused since 2020. Where you live in Reigate & Banstead shifts your odds by up to 13.5%. The council average doesn't tell you which side of that gap you're on.

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All 16 wards ranked

#WardDecisionsApprovedRefusedRate
1Horley East Historic18180
100.0%
2Meadvale And St Johns97990376
92.2%
3Tattenham Corner And Preston57152150
91.2%
4South Park And Woodhatch58453153
90.9%
5Redhill East55349756
89.9%
6Reigate1,8541,663191
89.7%
7Redhill West And Wray Common71864474
89.7%
8Banstead Village1,009904105
89.6%
9Horley Central And South1,015908107
89.5%
10Horley West And Sidlow82473193
88.7%
11Nork974856118
87.9%
12Earlswood And Whitebushes51645363
87.8%
13Hooley, Merstham And Netherne910798112
87.7%
14Horley East And Salfords62454480
87.2%
15Lower Kingswood Tadworth And Walton1,4791,285194
86.9%
16Chipstead, Kingswood And Woodmansterne1,7621,525237
86.5%
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What the data tells us

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A 13.5% gap separates the best and worst wards. Horley East Historic approves 100.0% of applications while Chipstead, Kingswood And Woodmansterne approves just 86.5%. That's a fundamentally different planning environment.
2
High volume doesn't mean high approval. Some of the busiest wards aren't the most permissive. The number of applications a ward processes tells you nothing about how likely yours is to succeed.
3
Ward averages are a starting point, not a guarantee. Your specific outcome depends on your property, your neighbours, your proposal type and the comparable decisions near your address.

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Methodology: Covers 7,499 planning decisions in Reigate & Banstead, January 2020 to September 2026. Approval rate = approved / (approved + refused). Pending, withdrawn and invalid excluded. Ward boundaries reflect current electoral divisions. Data from Reigate & Banstead Council's public planning portal. Full methodology →
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