About the Puckeridge Conservation Area
The Puckeridge Conservation Area covers about 11 hectares and was designated by East Hertfordshire District Council in 1968. Inside the boundary are 37 listed buildings (3 Grade II*, 34 Grade II). The most significant is 54,56,58 and 60, High Street, 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.
- 54,56,58 and 60, High StreetGrade II*
- Crown and Falcon Public HouseGrade II*
- Thorpe HouseGrade II*
- 11, High StreetGrade II
- 12 and 14, High StreetGrade II
- 16, High StreetGrade II
- 18, High StreetGrade II
- 20 and 22, High StreetGrade II
- 21, High StreetGrade II
- 24, High Street, PuckeridgeGrade II
- 26, High Street, PuckeridgeGrade II
- 27, Buntingford RoadGrade II
- 28, High Street, PuckeridgeGrade II
- 3, High StreetGrade II
- 32, High StreetGrade II
- 34 and 36, High StreetGrade II
- 41 and 43, High StreetGrade II
- 45,47,49 and 51, High StreetGrade II
- 46, High StreetGrade II
- 5, High StreetGrade II
- 50, High StreetGrade II
- 52, High StreetGrade II
- 6, High StreetGrade II
- 66, High StreetGrade II
Show all 37 listed buildings ↓All 37 listed buildings
- 7, Buntingford RoadGrade II
- 8, High StreetGrade II
- 84,86,88 and 90, High StreetGrade II
- Alpha HouseGrade II
- Barclays BankGrade II
- DormersGrade II
- Dunster HouseGrade II
- Everett HallGrade II
- Milestone (next South East Corner of No 16)Grade II
- Nos. 7 and 9, HIGH STREETGrade II
- Old Woolpack HouseGrade II
- Ridge HouseGrade II
- The White Hart Public HouseGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
The council’s appraisal
WEBPuckeridge Conservation Area AppraisalEast Hertfordshire 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 East Hertfordshire District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.