Plans for 300 new homes in Reigate approved

The development was approved by ten votes to one by Reigate & Banstead Borough Council

Plans for a new development which includes 300 homes in a Surrey town have been approved by the local council.

As well as the homes, the site off Sandcross Lane in Reigate will have a 65-bed care facility, three traveller pitches and a scout hut.

The development was approved by ten votes to one by Reigate & Banstead Borough Council, despite opposition from local residents who said it was an unsuitable use of the former green belt site.

Developer Savills told the Local Democracy Reporting Service it would provide "much needed" family housing.

Simon Buckingham, Park Lane Residents Association chairperson, said his group had objected to the plans for more than five years.

He said the development suffered from a "woeful inadequacy of local healthcare provision".

Details of the layout across the 14.9 hectare site are yet to be determined - but it is expected the tallest buildings could reach up to four stories in height.

Savills said the homes would go a considerable way to helping the council meet its housing targets.