About the Ravenscourt & Starch Green Conservation Area
The Ravenscourt & Starch Green Conservation Area covers about 73 hectares within London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham’s area. Inside the boundary are 25 listed buildings (2 Grade II*, 23 Grade II). The most significant is Church of the Holy Innocents, 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.
- Article 4(2) directions for Bedford Park and Gunnersbury Conservation areasHouseholder works
- Dwellinghouses (C3) to small HMOs (C4) - borough-wide Article 4 DirectionChange 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.
- Church of the Holy InnocentsGrade II*
- Royal Masonic Hospital, With Associated Boundary Walls, Gates, Railings and PlantersGrade II*
- 11, Ravenscourt Square W6Grade II
- 15, Stamford Brook Road W6Grade II
- 17 and 19, Stamford Brook Road W6Grade II
- 21 and 23, Stamford Brook Road W6Grade II
- 27 and 29, Ravenscourt Gardens W6Grade II
- 35 and 37, Ravenscourt Gardens W6Grade II
- 39 and 41, Ravenscourt Gardens W6Grade II
- 43 and 45, Ravenscourt Gardens W6Grade II
- 44, Ravenscourt Gardens W6Grade II
- 46 and 48, Ravenscourt Gardens W6Grade II
- 47 and 49, Ravenscourt Gardens W6Grade II
- 50 and 52, Ravenscourt Gardens W6Grade II
- 54 and 56, Ravenscourt Gardens W6Grade II
- 58 and 60, Ravenscourt Gardens W6Grade II
- 62 and 64, Ravenscourt Gardens W6Grade II
- 9 and 11, Stamford Brook Road W6Grade II
- Administration Block to Queen Charlotte's Maternity HospitalGrade II
- Ashlar Court (former Royal Masonic Hospital Nurses' Home)Grade II
- Numbers 5 and 7 and John Betts SchoolGrade II
- Refreshment room (part of the former stable block), Ravenscourt ParkGrade II
- Roman Catholic Church of The Holy Ghost and St Stephen and attached PresbyteryGrade II
- Walls and wrought-iron gates to the Ravenscourt Park walled gardenGrade II
Show all 25 listed buildings ↓All 25 listed buildings
Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.