About the Brill Conservation Area
The Brill Conservation Area covers about 14 hectares and was designated by Buckinghamshire Council in 1980. Inside the boundary are 52 listed buildings (2 Grade II*, 50 Grade II). The most significant is Church of All Saints, Grade II*. 4 Tree Preservation Order records overlap the area; every other tree here still needs six weeks’ notice before work.
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.
- 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.
- Church of All SaintsGrade II*
- Flats the Manor HouseGrade II*
- 1 and 5, High StreetGrade II
- 1, The SquareGrade II
- 10, Temple StreetGrade II
- 10,11 and 12, The SquareGrade II
- 12, Church StreetGrade II
- 14 and 15, The SquareGrade II
- 15 and 17, Temple StreetGrade II
- 15,16 and 17, The GreenGrade II
- 17, Church StreetGrade II
- 18, Windmill StreetGrade II
- 2, Church StreetGrade II
- 2, Temple StreetGrade II
- 2, The SquareGrade II
- 20, Temple StreetGrade II
- 22,24 and 26, Church StreetGrade II
- 28 and 30, Church StreetGrade II
- 30 and 31, The SquareGrade II
- 32, The SquareGrade II
- 4, Temple StreetGrade II
- 40, Windmill StreetGrade II
- 5 and 6, The SquareGrade II
- 5, The GreenGrade II
Show all 52 listed buildings ↓All 52 listed buildings
- 55 and 57, Temple StreetGrade II
- 59, Temple StreetGrade II
- 61, Temple StreetGrade II
- 63 and 65, Temple StreetGrade II
- 8, The SquareGrade II
- 9, The SquareGrade II
- 9,11 and 15, High StreetGrade II
- Bernwode HouseGrade II
- Brill HouseGrade II
- Brill Memorial HallGrade II
- Exchange HouseGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- Kings Ride HouseGrade II
- Manor Farm HouseGrade II
- Outbuilding to Rear of Number 4Grade II
- Rose CottageGrade II
- Stable Block Circa 20 Metres to North East of the Manor HouseGrade II
- Sun HotelGrade II
- The Little Granary the Old BakehouseGrade II
- The ManseGrade II
- The Old PloughGrade II
- The Old SwanGrade II
- The Old Vicarage, And Railings to FrontGrade II
- The Red LionGrade II
- United Reformed ChurchGrade II
- Walls to Forecourt and Garden of the Manor House, With Piers and SummerhouseGrade II
- War MemorialGrade II
- Waterloo House Including Curved Flanking Walls, Railings and Six Gate PiersGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
The council’s appraisal
WEBBrill Conservation Area AppraisalBuckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.