About the Bourton-on-the-Water Conservation Area
The Bourton-on-the-Water Conservation Area covers about 38 hectares and was designated by Cotswold District Council in 1971. Inside the boundary are 104 listed buildings (7 Grade II*, 97 Grade II). The most significant is Baines House, Grade II*. 1 Article 4 direction over the area removes further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below. 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.
ProjectElsewhereIn Bourton-on-the-Water CA
- 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.
- Article 4 (2) Direction Bourton-On-The-WaterHouseholder 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.
- Baines HouseGrade II*
- Church of St LawrenceGrade II*
- Gates and Gatepiers to the Church of St LawrenceGrade II*
- Harrington HouseGrade II*
- John Jordan Bale Tomb to South of ChurchGrade II*
- Screen Walls and Gate Piers of Harrington HouseGrade II*
- Sherborne TerraceGrade II*
- 5 and 6, Station RoadGrade II
- 7, Station RoadGrade II
- Baptist Chapel Gate Piers and Boundary Wall to RoadGrade II
- Barn to South East of Burghfields FarmhouseGrade II
- Barn to West of the Mill HouseGrade II
- Bazzoni Cottage Captains Cabin Fourways GreenmoreGrade II
- Big BridgeGrade II
- Boundary Wall Running to North East From Dial House and Turning to North WestGrade II
- Boundary Wall to South West, South and East of Harrington House and Garden House to South EastGrade II
- Bourton-on-the-Water War Memorial including gated enclosureGrade II
- Bow HouseGrade II
- Boxbush House (model Railway Exhibition)Grade II
- Bridge Ends Cotswold PerfumeryGrade II
- Bridge Over River Windrush Leading Between Mill House and Pockhill FarmhouseGrade II
- Broadlands HouseGrade II
- Burghfields FarmhouseGrade II
- C18 Table Tomb to North of ChurchGrade II
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- Chardwar the CloistersGrade II
- Corner Cottage Cranley CottageGrade II
- Cottage Adjacent to Cottage Adjoining Motor Museum Cottage Adjoining Motor Museum Used As Store Motor MuseumGrade II
- Cottage Between Birdland and Birdland Art GalleryGrade II
- Dairy Shop DelicatessenGrade II
- Dial HouseGrade II
- Dovecote to South of Manor HouseGrade II
- EastfieldGrade II
- Farthingale HouseGrade II
- Former Grasshopper and HillviewGrade II
- Fox FarmhouseGrade II
- Garden Boundary Walls of Rectory to North East and North WestGrade II
- Garden House at the ManorGrade II
- Gatepiers 15 Yards North West of Manor LodgeGrade II
- Gatepiers at Entrance to Lane Opposite the ManorGrade II
- Gatepiers at the Manor Facing the Chestnuts and Boundary Walls to South, North East, North and WestGrade II
- Gates and Gatepiers to Manor HouseGrade II
- Group of 3 Bale Tombs Close to North West of William Matthews Table TombGrade II
- Halford HouseGrade II
- Hartley House (lloyds Bank)Grade II
- Ivy Nook (old Bridge Restaurant and Duttons)Grade II
- James Tilling Table Tomb Immediately to North West of ChurchGrade II
- John Book Tomb Immediately to South of ChurchGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- Lake's GarageGrade II
- Lavender Cottage and Adjacent Barn Lincroft HouseGrade II
- Leven House Warren RestaurantGrade II
- Lower MillGrade II
- Lyscot Rose Cottage Studio CottageGrade II
- Manor HouseGrade II
- Manor LodgeGrade II
- Model village to rear of The Old New InnGrade II
- Narrow BridgeGrade II
- Outbuilding to North of Harrington HouseGrade II
- Payne's BridgeGrade II
- Pear Tree CottageGrade II
- Pockhill FarmhouseGrade II
- Premises of Country Crafts Premises of Oliver and Newman Premises of the Salad Bowl Premises of the Windrush PharmacyGrade II
- Premises of Peter Walker Batchelor of Debtal ScienceGrade II
- Rhoslynletty Tuesday CottageGrade II
- Richard Ashwin Table Tomb Immediately to North of ChurchGrade II
- Rose Tree RestaurantGrade II
- Rosemary's Fruit Shop Stitch in TimeGrade II
- SarcophagusGrade II
- Sherborne House and Gates and Gatepiers to RoadGrade II
- Sherborne TerraceGrade II
- Shop on the Green Vaughan's (tobacconist)Grade II
- Springfield HouseGrade II
- Stable to North East of BroadlandsGrade II
- Stepping StonesGrade II
- Street Wall of the GlebeGrade II
- Studio AntiquesGrade II
- Table Tomb Close to North East Corner of Church of St LawrenceGrade II
- Teagues ShopGrade II
- The Brookside HotelGrade II
- The Church Room (gloucester County Council Education Department)Grade II
- The Cotswold ShopGrade II
- The CottageGrade II
- The Cottage and ForsythiaGrade II
- The Duke of Wellington Public HouseGrade II
- The ForgeGrade II
- The Glebe HouseGrade II
- The ManorGrade II
- The Mill HouseGrade II
- The Old Manse HotelGrade II
- The Old New InnGrade II
- The Spinning WheelGrade II
- The SurgeryGrade II
- The Windrush RestaurantGrade II
- Thomas Clarke Chest Tomb to South of ChurchGrade II
- Urn in Churchyard, North of St Lawrence's ChurchGrade II
- Victoria Street BridgeGrade II
- Vine CottageGrade II
- Vine HouseGrade II
- WalcotGrade II
- Walls, Gates, Gate Piers at Entrance to the ManorGrade II
- Welcome CottageGrade II
- William Matthews Table Tomb to North East of ChurchGrade II
- Windrush HouseGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBBourton-on-the-Water Conservation Area AppraisalCotswold District 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 Cotswold District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.