About the Priddy's Hard Conservation Area
The Priddy's Hard Conservation Area covers about 19 hectares and was designated by Gosport Borough Council in 1990. Inside the boundary are 20 listed buildings (2 Grade I, 3 Grade II*, 15 Grade II). The most significant is 'a' Magazine, Museum Buildings, 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.
- 'a' Magazine, Museum BuildingsGrade I
- 'b' Magazine (north and South Stores) and Attached Passage and Boundary Wall, And Main Rolling Way and Attached Foreman's Office, Shifting Room and Shoe Houses, Museum BuildingsGrade I
- 'e' Magazine (building 436) and Enclosing WallsGrade II*
- C Magazine (building 435)Grade II*
- Quick Fire Shell Store (building 433) Approx. 12m N of 'a' Magazine, Museum BuildingsGrade II*
- Case Store Exhibition and Conference Rooms and Rolling Way to S of 'b' MagazineGrade II
- Case Store to W Side of Camber, Museum BuildingsGrade II
- Empty Package Store (building 428), Museum BuildingsGrade II
- Empty Powder Case Store (building 312), Museum Buildings, To Sw of CamberGrade II
- Expense Magazine With Associated Traverse Walls For Shell Filling RoomsGrade II
- Laboratory Building, E Range and Attached Rolling WayGrade II
- Laboratory CottagesGrade II
- MAIN OFFICE BUILDING (Building 209)Grade II
- Mines and Countermines Store (building 409)Grade II
- Quick Fire Shell Store, Approximately 19m W of 'a' MagazineGrade II
- Shed For Empty Powder Cases and Barrels (building 418), Museum Buildings, To Sw of CamberGrade II
- Shell Painting RoomGrade II
- Shell Store Approximately 5m Se of Shell Stores and Transfer Shed (building 303)Grade II
- Shifting House (Building 431), to northwest of CamberGrade II
- Shifting Room (building 223), To Sw of 'c' MagazineGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBPriddy's Hard Conservation Area AppraisalGosport 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 Gosport Borough Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.