About the Longbrook Conservation Area
The Longbrook Conservation Area covers about 34 hectares and was designated by Exeter City Council in 1993. Inside the boundary are 24 listed buildings (1 Grade II*, 23 Grade II). The most significant is 1-5, Pennsylvania Crescent, Grade II*. 1 Article 4 direction over the area removes further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below.
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.
- 2023 Article 4 DirectionHouseholder works
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.
- 1-5, Pennsylvania CrescentGrade II*
- 1-6, Devonshire PlaceGrade II
- 1, Pennsylvania RoadGrade II
- 10, Pennsylvania RoadGrade II
- 12 and 14, Pennsylvania RoadGrade II
- 23, Devonshire PlaceGrade II
- 23, Longbrook StreetGrade II
- 29, Longbrook StreetGrade II
- 33, Longbrook StreetGrade II
- 49, Longbrook StreetGrade II
- 50, New North RoadGrade II
- 51-57, Longbrook StreetGrade II
- 66-76, Longbrook StreetGrade II
- 8, Pennsylvania RoadGrade II
- 82, Longbrook StreetGrade II
- 86 Longbrook StreetGrade II
- Former Forage Barn (building 6) Higher BarracksGrade II
- Former Hospital (building 5) Higher BarracksGrade II
- Former Riding School (building 18) Higher BarracksGrade II
- Hampton PlaceGrade II
- Higher BarracksGrade II
- Hillsborough and BloomfieldGrade II
- St JustGrade II
- The Black Horse InnGrade 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
WEBLongbrook Conservation Area AppraisalExeter City 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 Exeter City Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.