About the Flaunden Conservation Area
The Flaunden Conservation Area covers about 6.7 hectares and was designated by Dacorum Borough Council in 1969. Inside the boundary are 13 listed buildings (2 Grade II*, 11 Grade II). The most significant is Oak Cottage, Grade II*.
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 Flaunden 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.
- Oak CottageGrade II*
- Sharlowes Farm HouseGrade II*
- 103, 104 and 105Grade II
- Barn Next Road at Sharlowes FarmGrade II
- Christmas Cottage, Inglenook Cottage and Lavender CottageGrade II
- Church of St Mary Magdalene (church of England)Grade II
- ClonmelGrade II
- Flinders CottageGrade II
- Frith CottageGrade II
- Granary CottageGrade II
- K6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Sharlowes Farm House, Opposite Oak CottageGrade II
- Rose CottageGrade II
- The Green Dragon Public 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.