About the Taplow Conservation Area
The Taplow Conservation Area covers about 41 hectares and was designated by Buckinghamshire Council in 1975. Inside the boundary are 27 listed buildings, all Grade II. 39 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.
- Boundary Road, Land at Hill Farm, TaplowChange 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.
- 4 Urns in Garden to East and North of Taplow CourtGrade II
- Church CottagesGrade II
- Church of St NicholasGrade II
- Dairy at Taplow CourtGrade II
- Elibank HouseGrade II
- Elmbank and LosuceGrade II
- Former Estate Office, Taplow Court, (now Apparently Rooms 4501 to 4503) and the Cottage Adjoining It to the EastGrade II
- Garden Wall and Entrance of Old RectoryGrade II
- Garden Wall and Gates of the RectoryGrade II
- Gate Piers to Churchyard of the Old Parish Church of St Nicholas Taplow CourtGrade II
- Gate Piers to Taplow CourtGrade II
- Grenfell Memorial South of Old Churchyard, Taplow CourtGrade II
- Hill HouseGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- Old CottageGrade II
- Stables of Old RectoryGrade II
- Statue in Forecourt of Taplow CourtGrade II
- Taplow Court (plessey Telecommunications Research)Grade II
- Taplow House HotelGrade II
- The Cottage and Farm ViewGrade II
- The Old RectoryGrade II
- The PorchesGrade II
- The Rectory FarmhouseGrade II
- Wall and Gate Piers to ElibankGrade II
Show all 27 listed buildings ↓All 27 listed buildings
The council’s appraisal
WEBTaplow 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.