About the FORD STREET Conservation Area
The FORD STREET Conservation Area covers about 12 hectares and was designated by Colchester City Council in 1974. Inside the boundary are 20 listed buildings (4 Grade II*, 16 Grade II). The most significant is Barnards Farmhouse, Grade II*. 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.
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.
- Barnards FarmhouseGrade II*
- The Old HouseGrade II*
- ThreshersGrade II*
- Wash FarmhouseGrade II*
- Aldham CarpentryGrade II
- Barn to South East of Friars FarmhouseGrade II
- Ferndale Valley HouseGrade II
- Fordstreet BridgeGrade II
- Fore AcresGrade II
- Friars FarmhouseGrade II
- Garden Wall to North of Riverdale CottageGrade II
- Outbuilding South West of Shoulder of Mutton Public HouseGrade II
- Riverdale CottageGrade II
- Rose CottageGrade II
- Studio to South of the Queen's Head Public HouseGrade II
- The Bridge HouseGrade II
- The BunchesGrade II
- The MaltingGrade II
- The Queen's Head Public HouseGrade II
- The Shoulder of Mutton Public HouseGrade II
Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Colchester City Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.