About the Okeford Fitzpaine Conservation Area
The Okeford Fitzpaine Conservation Area covers about 12 hectares and was designated by Dorset Council in 1974. Inside the boundary are 43 listed buildings (1 Grade II*, 42 Grade II). The most significant is Parish Church of St Andrew, 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 Okeford Fitzpaine 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.
- Parish Church of St AndrewGrade II*
- 19 and 20, Lower StreetGrade II
- 25, Lower StreetGrade II
- 51, The CrossGrade II
- 52, The CrossGrade II
- 62, GreenhayesGrade II
- 74, The CrossGrade II
- 75, The CrossGrade II
- 86 and 87 Higher StreetGrade II
- 88 and 89 Higher StreetGrade II
- Castle Farm Castle Farm CottageGrade II
- Corner Cottage and Rose CottageGrade II
- Darknoll FarmhouseGrade II
- Downs CottageGrade II
- Easter CottageGrade II
- Fippenny CottageGrade II
- Hill View Farm HouseGrade II
- K6 Telephone Kiosk Adjacent to Post OfficeGrade II
- Langstone Farm HouseGrade II
- Myrtle CottageGrade II
- Netherway Farm HouseGrade II
- Nutmeg CottageGrade II
- Old Bell StoresGrade II
- Old School HouseGrade II
Show all 43 listed buildings ↓All 43 listed buildings
- Pleydells CottageGrade II
- Pleydells FarmhouseGrade II
- Raised Pavement of Approximately 50 Metres in Front of Numbers 51 and 52Grade II
- Rectory CottageGrade II
- Rosehill FarmhouseGrade II
- Rosemary CottageGrade II
- SheephayesGrade II
- Squirrel Cottage and Woodpecker CottageGrade II
- St Andrews Church South Churchyard WallGrade II
- St Lo FarmhouseGrade II
- Standing cross, 140m north-west of St Andrew's ChurchGrade II
- StockfoldGrade II
- Table Tomb to Joseph Michell in Churchyard of St Andrews Church Approximately 7 Metres South of South PorchGrade II
- The Old RectoryGrade II
- The Royal OakGrade II
- Thornhill FarmhouseGrade II
- Trinity CottageGrade II
- Wall adjoining Rectory Cottage to the northGrade II
- YeatmansGrade II
Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Dorset Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.