About the Chenies and Latimer Conservation Area
The Chenies and Latimer Conservation Area covers about 197 hectares and was designated by Buckinghamshire Council in 1970. Inside the boundary are 49 listed buildings (2 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 46 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Michael, Grade I. 15 Tree Preservation Order records overlap the area; every other tree here still needs six weeks’ notice before work. 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.
- 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.
Article 4 directions here
These overlap the conservation area. Householder directions remove more of the rights above; change-of-use ones don’t affect extending a house.
- Land on East side of Latimer Village, on Herts Bucks border - Agricultural Buildings.Change of use
- Land north of A404 - Agricultural buildings and mineral working.Change of use
- Land North of Mill Farm, Chenies Bottom - Agricultural Buildings.Change of use
- Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.Change of use
- Land North of Mill Farm, Chenies Bottom - Agricultural Buildings.Change of use
- Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.Change of use
- Land on East side of Latimer Village, on Herts Bucks border - Agricultural Buildings.Change of use
- Land north of A404 - Agricultural buildings and mineral working.Change of use
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 St MichaelGrade I
- The Manor HouseGrade I
- Chenies Chapel (baptist)Grade II*
- 18 19Grade II
- 20 21 22Grade II
- 23 24 25Grade II
- 28 29Grade II
- 33Grade II
- 37,38 and 39Grade II
- 38Grade II
- 44, 45 and 46Grade II
- 52Grade II
- 53Grade II
- 8, 9, 10 and 11, CheniesGrade II
- Anne CottageGrade II
- Banners RestGrade II
- Bridge on Axis of Formal Garden at Chenies PlaceGrade II
- Bridge to East Main Bridge at Chenies PlaceGrade II
- Cavendish Cottage Holly Tree CottageGrade II
- Chenies County Primary School Schoolmasters HouseGrade II
- Chenies PlaceGrade II
- Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- FoliotsGrade II
- Home Close the Old Village ShopGrade II
Show all 49 listed buildings ↓All 49 listed buildings
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, Chenies Village GreenGrade II
- Keepers CottageGrade II
- KingscoteGrade II
- Latimer CottageGrade II
- Latimer House (national Defence College)Grade II
- Liberty Tomb (beside Path to West of Mill Farm) at National Grid Reference Tq 0098 9877Grade II
- Old Well CottageGrade II
- Parish Pump on Village GreenGrade II
- Pergola at Chenies PlaceGrade II
- Rectory CottageGrade II
- Red Lion CottagesGrade II
- Red Lion InnGrade II
- Ruins of Old Church of St Mary Magdalen (650 Metres to West of Mill Farm)Grade II
- School CottageGrade II
- ShepwhitesGrade II
- Sundial at Chenies PlaceGrade II
- Terrace Walling and Balustrades to South of Latimer HouseGrade II
- The Baptist ManseGrade II
- The LodgeGrade II
- The Nursery to West of the Manor HouseGrade II
- The Old CottageGrade II
- The Old RectoryGrade II
- The Old RectoryGrade II
- Walls to West and North of Churchyard of St MichaelGrade II
- Well House to West of the Manor HouseGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBChenies and Latimer 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.