GS Renovation carries out whole house renovations in Leatherhead, running the structural work, the trades and the building control side under one point of contact. The town has a conservation area with a start date of 26 March 1974, four Grade II* listed buildings and no Grade I, so the controls vary from street to street. We tell you which ones apply before work starts. Fully insured, with free no obligation quotations.
The conservation area, and what it means for a renovation
The Leatherhead Conservation Area is recorded on the national Planning Data platform under reference 2736, with a start date of 26 March 1974. It is one of 26 conservation areas in Mole Valley District, and the council says each has its own distinctive character. Inside one, work that changes the outside of a house is looked at more closely than the same work elsewhere.
Questions about your own address go to the council. The Mole Valley planning team can be reached on 01306 885001 or at planning@molevalley.gov.uk. We check the designation before quoting for anything that changes a street facing elevation, so the answer arrives at the start rather than halfway through.
Listed buildings in Leatherhead, and what they include
Leatherhead has no Grade I listed building and four at Grade II*: the Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, the Running Horse public house, Thorncroft Manor and Rowhurst. Everything else listed here is Grade II. That still brings listed building consent into play, and consent covers internal alterations that affect the special interest of the building.
Familiar buildings are on the list. Wesley House, with its steps and front walls, was listed Grade II on 6 April 1999, and Leatherhead station was listed Grade II on 2 July 1981. We are a contractor rather than a heritage consultant, so on a listed building we build to consents that are already in place.
Trees are a separate consent, with their own notice period
You must give Mole Valley District Council six weeks' notice before pruning or felling a tree in a conservation area. The notice applies to trees with a trunk more than 75mm in diameter, or more than 100mm where the work is to improve the growth of other trees, measured at chest height, 1.5m above ground level. There is no application fee.
Six weeks is long enough to hold up a programme. Where scaffolding, a skip or a new drainage run means a tree has to be cut back, that notice goes in at the start of the job rather than the week before the work. We sequence around it.
Where the river matters and where it does not
Environment Agency flood risk in Leatherhead is confined to a narrow corridor along the River Mole. The High Street lies outside Flood Zones 2 and 3. North Street, Fairfield Road, Barnett Wood Lane and Leatherhead station are also outside both, as are Church Street, Gravel Hill, Bull Hill, Randalls Road and Kingston Road.
Waterway Road is split. Its southern end falls within Flood Zone 3, while its northern end, towards Bridge Street, lies outside both Flood Zone 2 and Flood Zone 3. Alluvium is mapped along the Mole itself, including the approach to Leatherhead Bridge, though Church Street is mapped on chalk with no superficial cover.
- Complete property refurbishments and whole-house renovations
- Roof repairs, gutters, fascias and rainwater goods
- Planning permission and building control coordination
- Waste clearance, dust protection and daily site tidying
- Structural alterations and load-bearing wall removal
Why Choose GS Renovation in Leatherhead
Leatherhead is about 28 miles from our base in Potters Bar, so it is a town we travel for rather than one we pass through. We take renovation work on here where the scope justifies the journey, which means larger structural and extension led projects rather than a single afternoon's snagging. What you get in return is one point of contact across the structure, the trades and the building control side. We check the conservation area, the listed entries and the flood mapping for your address before quoting. We are fully insured and quotations are free and carry no obligation.
- Honest updates if a date or a detail has to move
- Protected routes through the house so you can keep living in it
- A dedicated project manager from first survey to handover
- Dust screens and floor protection in occupied homes
- Kitchen and bathroom selections planned early to hold the programme
- Structural engineer instructed and coordinated on your behalf