About the ICKHAM-WICKHAMBREAUX-SEATON Conservation Area
The ICKHAM-WICKHAMBREAUX-SEATON Conservation Area covers about 139 hectares and was designated by Canterbury City Council in 1969. Inside the boundary are 54 listed buildings (2 Grade I, 4 Grade II*, 48 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Andrew, Grade I. 32 Article 4 directions over the area remove further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below. 36 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 2, 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.
- MILL HOUSE (SEATON MILL) SEATON ROADHouseholder works
- MILL END, SEATON ROADHouseholder works
- WATERFALL COTTAGE, SEATON ROADHouseholder works
- WEST COTTAGE, SEATON ROADHouseholder works
- CORNER HOUSE, SEATON ROADHouseholder works
- THE OLD SWEET SHOP, THE STREET, ICKHAMChange of use
- 1 OAST COTTAGES, THE STREET, ICKHAMHouseholder works
- 2 OAST COTTAGES, THE STREET, ICKHAMHouseholder works
- 3 OAST COTTAGES, THE STREET, ICKHAMHouseholder works
- BAYE COTTAGE, BAYE LANE, ICKHAMHouseholder works
- TREASURY OAST, DRILL LANE, ICKHAMHouseholder works
- FOLLY COTTAGE, DRILL LANE, ICKHAMHouseholder works
- THE FORGE, THE STREET, ICKHAMHouseholder works
- ROSEMARY COTTAGE, WICKHAM LANE, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- WHITE'S COTTAGES, THE STREET, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- CHIMNEY POT COTTAGE, THE STREET, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- WHITE COTTAGE, THE STREET, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- 2 SCHOOL COTTAGES, THE STREET, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- 1 SCHOOL COTTAGES, THE STREET, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- OAST HOUSE, THE GREEN, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- THE MILL HOUSE, THE GREEN, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- HEWSON COTTAGE, THE STREET, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- WALNUT COTTAGE, THE STREET, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- 1,2,3,4,5, AND 6 THE STREET, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- STAR COTTAGE, THE STREET, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- 1 SEATON ROAD COTTAGES, SEATON ROAD, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- 2 SEATON ROAD COTTAGES, SEATON ROAD, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- 3 SEATON ROAD COTTAGES, SEATON ROAD, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- 4 SEATON ROAD COTTAGES, SEATON ROAD, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- The Water Mill, WickhambreauxHouseholder works
- VIEW COTTAGE, THE STREET, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- WYTLEN, THE STREET, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
- ST. ANNE, THE STREET, WICKHAMBREAUXHouseholder works
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 AndrewGrade I
- Church of St JohnGrade I
- New PlaceGrade II*
- The Old Rectory and St Johns HouseGrade II*
- The Old Stone HouseGrade II*
- Wickham HouseGrade II*
- 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 Ickham Court FarmGrade II
- Bell CottageGrade II
- Church View Cottage Willow CottageGrade II
- Court Farm OastGrade II
- Dyke HouseGrade II
- EscombeGrade II
- Fern Cottage the CottageGrade II
- Forge HouseGrade II
- Former Outbuilding to Wickham House, Now in Grounds of Closes HouseGrade II
- Former Stables to Wickham HouseGrade II
- Garden CottageGrade II
- Glendale the CottageGrade II
- Ickham CourtGrade II
- Ickham HallGrade II
- Ickham LodgeGrade II
- Ickham Post Office Village Stores and Attached HouseGrade II
- Ivy Cottage Orchard CottageGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
Show all 54 listed buildings ↓All 54 listed buildings
- K6 Telephone Kiosk Adjoining Farm CottageGrade II
- Littlebourne MillGrade II
- Memory CottageGrade II
- Oak Cottage Rectory CottageGrade II
- Oast CottagesGrade II
- Oasthouse at Wickham CourtGrade II
- Old Bell HouseGrade II
- Old Oast HouseGrade II
- Old Willow FarmhouseGrade II
- Outbuilding to Ickham HallGrade II
- Quaives CottageGrade II
- Quaives CottagesGrade II
- RiversideGrade II
- Ronella Snow CottageGrade II
- SeatondenGrade II
- Spicers CottagesGrade II
- The Baye HouseGrade II
- The GreenGrade II
- The Little CottageGrade II
- The Old BakeryGrade II
- The Old WorkhouseGrade II
- The QuaivesGrade II
- The Rose InnGrade II
- The TreasuryGrade II
- The Tudor Cottage RestaurantGrade II
- The White HouseGrade II
- Victoria Cottage WoodcotGrade II
- WestonhangerGrade II
- Wickham CourtGrade II
- Wickham MillGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBICKHAM-WICKHAMBREAUX-SEATON Conservation Area AppraisalCanterbury City 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 Canterbury City Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.