About the Flamsted Conservation Area
The Flamsted Conservation Area covers about 5.8 hectares and was designated by Dacorum Borough Council in 1969. Inside the boundary are 27 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 25 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Leonard, Grade I.
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 Flamsted 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.
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 LeonardGrade I
- Saunders AlmshousesGrade II*
- 14 and 16, High StreetGrade II
- Bell HouseGrade II
- Blacksmith Cottage, And Lavender CottageGrade II
- C Merritt ButcherGrade II
- College FarmGrade II
- Flintstone CottageGrade II
- Honeysuckle CottageGrade II
- Lichfield and Post OfficeGrade II
- Mortons Place and Morton HouseGrade II
- Numbers 9, 11 (vine Cottage), 13 (swift Cottage), And 15Grade II
- Pound FarmGrade II
- Pye CornerGrade II
- River Hill CottageGrade II
- Shangri LaGrade II
- SouthernwoodGrade II
- St Leonard's CottageGrade II
- Stuart CottageGrade II
- The Little HouseGrade II
- The Old LodgeGrade II
- The Spotted Dog Public HouseGrade II
- The Three Blackbirds Public HouseGrade II
- Tomb Chest in Flamstead Churchyard (40 Metres to North East of Chancel)Grade II
Show all 27 listed buildings ↓All 27 listed buildings
- Verlam CottageGrade II
- War Memorial Set on Churchyard WallGrade II
- Westfield HouseGrade II
Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Dacorum Borough Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.