About the Swanbourne Conservation Area
The Swanbourne Conservation Area covers about 15 hectares and was designated by Buckinghamshire Council in 1989. Inside the boundary are 34 listed buildings (1 Grade II*, 33 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Swithun, Grade II*. 1 Tree Preservation Order record 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 St SwithunGrade II*
- 1, Smithfield EndGrade II
- 11, Smithfield EndGrade II
- 13 and 15, Smithfield EndGrade II
- 16 and 18, Winslow RoadGrade II
- 17, Winslow RoadGrade II
- 20, Winslow RoadGrade II
- 22 and 24, Winslow RoadGrade II
- 28, Winslow RoadGrade II
- 3 and 5, Winslow RoadGrade II
- 3, Mursley RoadGrade II
- 6, Smithfield EndGrade II
- 7, Mursley RoadGrade II
- 8, Mursley RoadGrade II
- 9-13, Winslow RoadGrade II
- Athawes FarmhouseGrade II
- Barracks RowGrade II
- Boot HouseGrade II
- Brise's FarmhouseGrade II
- Charlton Hill FarmhouseGrade II
- Church FarmhouseGrade II
- Deverell's FarmhouseGrade II
- Hart HouseGrade II
- Home FarmhouseGrade II
Show all 34 listed buildings ↓All 34 listed buildings
- Ivy FarmhouseGrade II
- Nearton CottageGrade II
- Number 2 Ivy Cottage and Number 4Grade II
- Number 21, Nearton EndGrade II
- Number 3, Nearton EndGrade II
- Number 35, Nearton EndGrade II
- Outbuilding to the West of the Old HouseGrade II
- Swanbourne War MemorialGrade II
- The Manor HouseGrade II
- The Old HouseGrade 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
WEBSwanbourne 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.