About the Sandgate High Street Conservation Area
The Sandgate High Street Conservation Area covers about 43 hectares and was designated by Folkestone and Hythe Council in 1972. Inside the boundary are 71 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 69 Grade II). The most significant is Sandgate Castle, Grade I. 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.
- Sandgate CastleGrade I
- Wells HouseGrade II*
- 1 and 3 High Street, including studio range to the rear of number 3Grade II
- 10, Radnor CliffGrade II
- 118, High StreetGrade II
- 119, 119a and 121, High StreetGrade II
- 122, High StreetGrade II
- 123, High StreetGrade II
- 125, High StreetGrade II
- 134, High StreetGrade II
- 136, High StreetGrade II
- 14, Radnor CliffGrade II
- 16 and 18, Radnor CliffGrade II
- 19, Wilberforce RoadGrade II
- 20, 22a, 22b and 22c, Radnor CliffGrade II
- 25, High StreetGrade II
- 26, 28, 30 and 30a, High StreetGrade II
- 27 and 29, High StreetGrade II
- 3 Military Road, railings and gateGrade II
- 34 and 36, Sandgate HillGrade II
- 35, The CrescentGrade II
- 37, The CrescentGrade II
- 39, High StreetGrade II
- 39, The CrescentGrade II
Show all 71 listed buildings ↓All 71 listed buildings
- 41, High StreetGrade II
- 42, High StreetGrade II
- 43, High StreetGrade II
- 43a, High StreetGrade II
- 44, High StreetGrade II
- 45 and 45a, High StreetGrade II
- 46, High StreetGrade II
- 47, High StreetGrade II
- 53, High StreetGrade II
- 55 and 55a, High StreetGrade II
- 6, Gough RoadGrade II
- 6, Radnor CliffGrade II
- 64, Sandgate HillGrade II
- 76, Sandgate HillGrade II
- 8, Radnor CliffGrade II
- Aughrim HouseGrade II
- Balcony HouseGrade II
- Barton Cottage Holly CottageGrade II
- BelmontGrade II
- Church of St PaulGrade II
- Cottage to Rear of No 39Grade II
- Dolphin House and Strangway HouseGrade II
- East Cliff House Sea LadyGrade II
- Enbrook LodgeGrade II
- Endcliffe HouseGrade II
- Former Church of England Primary School, including two school housesGrade II
- Former Fleur De Lis Public HouseGrade II
- Gatepiers to the White LodgeGrade II
- HillsideGrade II
- HillsideGrade II
- Honeysuckle CottageGrade II
- Martello Tower No 6Grade II
- Myrtle HouseGrade II
- Newton Cottage Rose CottageGrade II
- Providence InnGrade II
- Radnor LodgeGrade II
- Sandgate LibraryGrade II
- Sandgate War MemorialGrade II
- Ship InnGrade II
- Shorncliffe LodgeGrade II
- Somerville LodgeGrade II
- St Paul's Vicarage Vicarage CottageGrade II
- The Coaching HouseGrade II
- The HermitageGrade II
- Underhill CottageGrade II
- Vine CottageGrade II
- York CottageGrade 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
WEBSandgate High Street Conservation Area AppraisalFolkestone and Hythe 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 Folkestone and Hythe Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.