About the Epsom Town Centre Conservation Area
The Epsom Town Centre Conservation Area covers about 7.4 hectares and was designated by Epsom and Ewell Borough Council in 2009. Inside the boundary are 37 listed buildings (3 Grade II*, 34 Grade II). The most significant is 127 and 129, High Street, Grade II*. 8 Tree Preservation Order records 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.
- 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.
- Epsom Town Centre (primary retail frontages only)Change of use
- Oaks House, East Street, Epsom (Change of Use)Change of use
- The Wells, Church Street, Epsom (Change of Use)Change of use
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.
- 127 and 129, High StreetGrade II*
- 149-153, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II*
- Ashley HouseGrade II*
- 1-5, West StreetGrade II
- 107, High StreetGrade II
- 109-113, High StreetGrade II
- 119 and 121, High StreetGrade II
- 124, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 126, High StreetGrade II
- 128-132, High StreetGrade II
- 13 and 15, West StreetGrade II
- 131, High StreetGrade II
- 133 and 135, High StreetGrade II
- 137a and 139, High StreetGrade II
- 141, High StreetGrade II
- 143 and 145, High StreetGrade II
- 17, West StreetGrade II
- 19, West StreetGrade II
- 2, West StreetGrade II
- 26, SOUTH STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 29, South StreetGrade II
- 34, South StreetGrade II
- 6 and 6a, South StreetGrade II
- 66, High StreetGrade II
Show all 37 listed buildings ↓All 37 listed buildings
- 72, High StreetGrade II
- 75 and 77, High StreetGrade II
- 8 and 10, South StreetGrade II
- 92B AND 92A, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 94-98, High StreetGrade II
- British Legion ClubGrade II
- Clock TowerGrade II
- Former Albion Public HouseGrade II
- Former Post Office and Epsom School of Art extensionGrade II
- Gwynne House Ye Old Guild CottageGrade II
- Marquis of Granby Public HouseGrade II
- The Spread Eagle Hotel and No. 89Grade II
- Wall Between Manor House Court and the Rear Car Park of No 15, West StreetGrade 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
WEBEpsom Town Centre Conservation Area AppraisalEpsom and Ewell Borough 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 Epsom and Ewell Borough Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.