- Planning authority
- Runnymede Borough Council
- Postcodes
- GU25, TW20
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 39°
- Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
- About 6.3 m
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Surrey
Egham: light, access and policy
Every application Runnymede Borough Council receives for a Egham address is tested against the council’s Local Plan. Policies on housing, design, residential amenity, parking and trees will all be relevant to a garden plot, and some councils have specific policies or guidance on garden and backland development.
We read the policies that apply to your address before designing anything, and write the planning statement around them. Where the plan is silent or out of date, national policy carries more weight, and the statement explains how the scheme meets it.
How we’d take it forward in Egham
After the free appraisal of your Egham plot, work begins with a measured survey and any specialist reports. We then design the layout, test it against local guidance, prepare the drawings and statements, and, if worthwhile, seek pre-application advice. Once you’ve approved the scheme, we submit the application and manage it through to a decision.
Free plot appraisal
We review the title plan, access, constraints, policy and planning history around your address, then talk it through with you. If the plot looks viable we visit, and tell you plainly whether an application is worth making.
Pre-application advice
Where policy is tight or the plot unusual, we put a draft scheme to the council’s planners first. Their written response shows which issues to fix before you pay the full application fee.
Submit and manage
We complete the forms, ownership certificate, drawings and statements, pay the fee on your behalf and submit. During consultation we answer officers’ questions, respond to consultees and agree amendments where they help.
Decision and next steps
If permission is granted, we explain every condition and what must happen before work starts. If it’s refused, we review the reasons with you and set out the options: amend and resubmit, appeal, or stop.
Worth checking early
- Conditions can add cost and work before building starts, such as approved drainage details, tree protection or a construction management plan.
- Specialist surveys can be needed at short notice when a consultee raises an issue, adding cost and time.
- Neighbours have a formal say during consultation, and the council must weigh any planning objections they raise.
Egham: questions to ask
What documents are needed for a garden plot application in Egham?
Runnymede Borough Council publishes a local validation list, as every council does. Typically you need the forms, a location plan with the site and access edged in red, a site plan, floor plans, elevations, an ownership certificate and the fee, plus reports the plot calls for, such as trees, ecology, drainage and access. We prepare to the list for your address.
How long will my Egham garden plot application take?
The statutory period for a minor application, such as one or a few new homes, is 8 weeks from validation, in both England and Wales. Many take longer, and the council may ask you to agree an extension in writing. If no decision is made in time and no extension is agreed, you can appeal for non-determination.
Can my neighbours stop a garden house in Egham?
Neighbours can object, and the council must take relevant planning objections into account, but they can’t veto an application. Comments about privacy, light, noise from the access, parking and character carry weight; issues like property values or private disputes generally don’t. Talking to neighbours before submitting often helps.
Who decides planning applications for garden plots in Egham?
Runnymede Borough Council decides applications for addresses in Egham. Small applications are usually decided by planning officers under delegated powers, and national and council rules set out when one can go to the planning committee instead. The decision is based on the council’s Local Plan, national policy and other material considerations, including neighbours’ and consultees’ comments.
Other options in Egham
- Garage courts and yards
- Tandem and landlocked plots
- Combine gardens with your neighbours
- Sell part of your garden
- Sell subject to planning
- Plot feasibility and design