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. 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.
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.