About the Braintree Town Centre and Bradford Street Conservation Area
The Braintree Town Centre and Bradford Street Conservation Area covers about 59 hectares and was designated by Braintree District Council in 1969. Inside the boundary are 136 listed buildings (16 Grade II*, 120 Grade II). The most significant is 11, Bradford Street, Grade II*. Part of the area lies in flood zone 3, so an extension may need a flood risk assessment.
What changes inside the conservation area
Conservation areas are “Article 2(3) land”. You keep most permitted development rights, but these are removed or tightened.
ProjectElsewhereIn Braintree Town Centre and Bradford Street CA
- Rear extensionElsewhere: 3 m · 6 m with PANo 6 m / 8 m prior approval
- Two-storey extensionElsewhere: 3 mNeeds planning permission
- Side extensionElsewhere: Half the widthNeeds planning permission
- Loft conversionElsewhere: 50 m³Needs planning permission
- Garden roomElsewhere: 2.5 m high by boundariesNot beside the house
- PorchElsewhere: 3 m²Same limits
- Solar panelsElsewhere: 0.2 m projectionSame limits
- Air source heat pumpElsewhere: 1 unitNot facing the road
- Fences, walls and gatesElsewhere: 2 m · 1 m by a roadSame limits
- External claddingElsewhere: Matching materialsNeeds planning permission
- Tree workElsewhere: No notice6 weeks’ notice to the council
- Demolition (over 115 m³)Elsewhere: AllowedNeeds planning permission
Limits for a semi-detached house under the GPDO 2015. An Article 4 direction can remove more.
Listed buildings in the conservation area
Any work affecting these needs listed building consent, inside or out. Each links to its entry on the National Heritage List.
- 11, Bradford StreetGrade II*
- 114-118, Bradford StreetGrade II*
- 4, Bradford StreetGrade II*
- 75, Bradford StreetGrade II*
- 77-81, Bradford StreetGrade II*
- Bradford HouseGrade II*
- Bradford MillGrade II*
- Church of St MichaelGrade II*
- Dial House InnGrade II*
- Georgian HouseGrade II*
- Maysent HouseGrade II*
- Swan InnGrade II*
- The Constitutional Club and ShopsGrade II*
- The Old Manor HouseGrade II*
- Town Hall Including Screens and Public Lavatories Adjoining North East and SouthGrade II*
- Wentworth HouseGrade II*
- 1 and 3, Church LaneGrade II
- 1, Woolpack LaneGrade II
- 10-14, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 100 and 102, High StreetGrade II
- 102 and 104, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 105 and 107, High StreetGrade II
- 106 High StreetGrade II
- 106, Bradford StreetGrade II
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- 108, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 11, Bank StreetGrade II
- 112, High StreetGrade II
- 113 and 115, High StreetGrade II
- 16-20, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 19 and 21, London RoadGrade II
- 2, Bocking EndGrade II
- 2, Woolpack LaneGrade II
- 21, Coggeshall RoadGrade II
- 22 New StreetGrade II
- 23-33, London RoadGrade II
- 24 and 26 New StreetGrade II
- 24, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 28-34, Rayne RoadGrade II
- 3 and 9, Bank StreetGrade II
- 3, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 3, New StreetGrade II
- 3, Panfield LaneGrade II
- 31, Bank StreetGrade II
- 33, Bank StreetGrade II
- 34, New StreetGrade II
- 35 and 37, London RoadGrade II
- 37 and 39, Bank StreetGrade II
- 38, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 4, New StreetGrade II
- 40 and 42, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 40, Bank StreetGrade II
- 41, London RoadGrade II
- 46, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 48-52, Rayne RoadGrade II
- 48, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 5 and 7, Panfield LaneGrade II
- 5, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 5, Church LaneGrade II
- 50, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 54 and 56, 56a, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 54-74, Rayne RoadGrade II
- 6 8, Rayne RoadGrade II
- 6 and 8, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 63-73, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 66, South StreetGrade II
- 68 and 70, South StreetGrade II
- 68, 68b, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 7 and 9, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 72a and 72, High StreetGrade II
- 73 and 75 High StreetGrade II
- 76 and 78, High StreetGrade II
- 80, High StreetGrade II
- 82, Coggeshall RoadGrade II
- 83, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 84-90, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 84, Coggeshall RoadGrade II
- 85 and 85a, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 86, Coggeshall RoadGrade II
- 9, Church LaneGrade II
- 90, High StreetGrade II
- 92-96, High StreetGrade II
- 92, 92a, 92b, 92c, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 94, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 98 and 100, Bradford StreetGrade II
- 98 and 100, Coggeshall RoadGrade II
- AlmshousesGrade II
- Angel InnGrade II
- Barclay's BankGrade II
- Bawn CottageGrade II
- Baytrees Restaurant and Osborn's ShopGrade II
- BeechcroftGrade II
- Bell InnGrade II
- Bishop Cauden's HallGrade II
- Blandford HouseGrade II
- Bradbury HouseGrade II
- Bradford Mill HouseGrade II
- Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, BockingGrade II
- Clinton HouseGrade II
- College HouseGrade II
- Congregational ChurchGrade II
- Dragon HouseGrade II
- Essex County LibraryGrade II
- Fountain, High StreetGrade II
- Franciscan ConventGrade II
- Gooseberry HallGrade II
- Gresham HouseGrade II
- Hill HouseGrade II
- Horse and Groom InnGrade II
- House and Shop Occupied by Adams and Sons NewsagentGrade II
- House and Shop Occupied by Cameron ChemistGrade II
- House Occupied by Henry Joscelyn LimitedGrade II
- John Ray HouseGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- King's Head InnGrade II
- LeahurstGrade II
- Little BradfordsGrade II
- New MillsGrade II
- Number 19 (including Outbuilding at the Rear)Grade II
- Number 23 and Hill HouseGrade II
- Number 77 and Covered Passageway to South West and North East Cart EntranceGrade II
- Numbers 74, 74a and Corn ExchangeGrade II
- Old Court HotelGrade II
- Outbuildings to Bradford MillGrade II
- Pound End Mill (formerly part of New Mills)Grade II
- Stanford HouseGrade II
- Telephone KioskGrade II
- The BawnGrade II
- The Boar's Head HotelGrade II
- The Bull HotelGrade II
- The Cage Or Lock UpGrade II
- The Corner HouseGrade II
- The Horn HotelGrade II
- The Institute and MuseumGrade II
- The Liberal ClubGrade II
- The Wheatsheaf HotelGrade II
- The White Hart HotelGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
Bradford StreetHigh StreetBank StreetCoggeshall RoadLondon RoadRayne RoadChurch LaneNew StreetPanfield LaneSouth StreetWoolpack LaneBocking End
The council’s appraisal
WEBBraintree Town Centre and Bradford Street Conservation Area AppraisalBraintree District Council’s description of the area’s character — what planners look at when you apply.Open on council site ↗Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Braintree District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.