Keep Horley Green

01/10/2026

Thank you for asking the questions Cllr Shasha Khan

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19kFXE7RmN/

16/09/2026

OVERDEVELOPMENT OF HORLEY

Planning Reference: 26/00502/F 39 Albert Road Horley.
You may remember that in December 2025 a planning application was made for 5 flats a small plot, the space suitable for one home.

This application(25/01608/F) was withdrawn after 61 objections were made. A further application was made this year which has received 122 objections. The applicant has now amended the design but many of the issues have not been addressed.

Unfortunately, we need to comment on the application again.

The applicant is a developer, who is not local to our area. It would seem that their primary motivation is to make as much money as possible out of the land as possible, with little regard for Horley residents. The proposed development is completely unacceptable. The intensive use of land is out of keeping with existing gardens and homes.

The developers are proposing an entire new building in the garden. Imagine what it would be like if every garden in Albert Road, Lumley Road and Oakwood Road has a new houses at the end of the gardens!

If this development goes ahead in its current format with a building at the end of the garden, it will set a dangerous precedent for other developers to follow.

The flats are designed for 9 people but only have parking for 2 cars. As Horley residents, you will appreciate the difficulty we already have with traffic parking and congestion especially in Albert Road.

The proposed development has many other issues including; overcrowding, being an overbearing inappropriate development, the development being out of keeping with the neighbouring properties, inadequate parking, loss of local amenity, loss of privacy, road safety concerns, loss of employment space, environmental and wildlife harm. The proposed building also sits further forward from all of the other buildings in the street.

If permission is granted Horley residents will also have years of misery ahead, not only whilst the building takes place, but with the lasting impact of so many extra people and vehicles.

Please would you help by OBJECTING to this application. It only takes a couple of minutes.

To comment or visit:
https://planning.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=makeComment&keyVal=TCG1LTMVL2E00

11/06/2026

You heard it here first:
So far it's a £10 Million loss of ratepayers money!

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council just admitted during a public meeting that despite paying £10.8 Million for Fishers Farm, Horley in 2019 (buying land for the Horley Business Park project)
Just 6 years later the land is now only worth £6.7M!

Greensand Holdings accounts on companies house show that in 2024 they owed £17M to the Council (themselves).

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10508302/filing-history

Thats a whopping £10M loss!

That could have paid for:
* 3 million Free School Meals or,
* 330,000 Pothole Repairs or,
* 1 Community Hub: A brand-new community building with a small library, clinic rooms, and a cafe.

The Council referred to the Horley Business Park LLP and Greensand Holdings as "a pair of bad Investments".

Please watch the webcast of this meeting:
Agenda item 7: Greensand Holdings company update
https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=328&MId=2639

15/05/2026

A petition has been set up to demand that Reigate and Banstead Borough Council stop selling off their land for development
Please sign this to help Keep Horley Green:

https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=74&RPID=12967981&%24LO%24=1&fbclid=IwdGRjcARxzwtjbGNrBHBJzWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHqfI6M4nYZlw7g6KBbKEK8b0BR48Su7pGJPwW-8AaKOsihIUYQABtcacqvrp_aem_X0hnslP7DAi2T5A_QVxApQ

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13/05/2026

GREEDY BACKYARD DEVELOPMENTS IN GREEN SPACES

Hello Everyone,

We urgently need your help!

We usually focus our posts on matters surrounding the Horley Business Park, however a planning application that could have a lasting impact on Horley has been brought to our attention.
Planning Reference: 26/00502/F 39 Albert Road Horley.

https://planning.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=TCG1LTMVL2E00&activeTab=summary

An application has been made for J Russell & Co metalworks at 39 Albert Road, Horley for an intensive development of four flats (initially five flats December 2025) in a small residential back garden area. The applicant is a developer, who is not local to our area. It would seem that their primary motivation is to make as much money as possible out of the land as possible, with little regard for Horley residents.
This proposed development of 4 flats, nestled amongst residential gardens poses a huge threat to the green garden spaces of all Horley residents. We are hugely concerned that if this application were to get permission, it would set a dangerous president for permission of other future intensive developments of green garden spaces.
We know how much Horley residents value their green spaces, no matter how big or small. People need the wildlife and biodiversity that these green areas bring.

We would urge you to OBJECT to this application ASAP, by the 17th of May.

The proposed development has many other issues including; overcrowding, being an overbearing inappropriate development, the development being out of keeping with the neighbouring properties, inadequate parking, loss of local amenity, environmental and wildlife harm.

It should also be noted that the developer has lied and presented false information and made up measurements as evidence to show the development would meet various light rules, including the 45-degree light rule.

Whilst a development of this nature they not seem a huge threat to our town, the increasing intensification of building on all of our green spaces is a massive threat to the quality of environment that we all live in.
We understand that housing is needed, but it must be done responsibly and appropriately, not borne out of greed and profit making.

Please take two minutes out of your day to object to this application now.

It's an incredibly simple process we would be grateful for your support in helping to stop inappropriate development in our green spaces.
https://planning.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=makeComment&keyVal=TCG1LTMVL2E00

22/04/2026

Freedom of Information request : REFUSED

Dear Information officer,

Following on from my previous freedom of information request:

'Reference: FOI-813292325 , date of request: 16/03/2026, title of request: Horley Business Park LLP cost'

Which was not possible to disclose due "The Horley Business Park LLC has not yet been dissolved and final costs are therefore not available."

The Horley Business Park LLP has now been officially dissolved on company's house so it will now be possible to provide this information. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/OC407343/filing-history

Please would it be possible to make the following freedom of information request under the freedom of information act:

The Horley Business Park LLP has been dissolved. Please would you be able to tell me the total final cost of the Horley Business park project to Reigate and Banstead Borough Council?

In the past I have been refused information on the grounds of commercial sensitivity which no longer applies, as this is no longer going concern. The Horley business park LLP has been dissolved so the council will now hold this information. 🙂