About the Jordans Conservation Area
The Jordans Conservation Area covers about 13 hectares and was designated by Buckinghamshire Council in 1987. Inside the boundary are 12 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 11 Grade II). The most significant is Jordans Meeting House, Grade I. 2 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.
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.
- OS parcel 449a and 447 East off Jordans Lane - Breeding and keeping of poultry.Change of use
- Land east of Jordans Lane and north of Jordans Farm - Agricultural buildings.Change of use
- Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.Change of use
- Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.Change of use
- OS parcel 449a and 447 East off Jordans Lane - Breeding and keeping of poultry.Change of use
- Land east of Jordans Lane and north of Jordans Farm - Agricultural buildings.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.
- Jordans Meeting HouseGrade I
- 1 and 2, The GreenGrade II
- 4,5,6,7 and 8, The GreenGrade II
- 9,10,11 and 12, Green East RoadGrade II
- Cherry Tree Cottage and Green View and Ledburn and Bellamony and PuersGrade II
- Cranford St Davids and Woodside and Fir Tree Cottage and Hawthorn Cottage and the HomsteadGrade II
- Granary to South of Old Jordans Hostel and Wall Continuing to SouthGrade II
- Mayflower Barn, To South West of Old Jordans HostelGrade II
- Old Jordans HostelGrade II
- Shepherd Cottage and Cottage to the NorthGrade II
- The CottageGrade II
- Wayside and Orchard CottageGrade 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
WEBJordans 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.