About the Brompton Cemetery Conservation Area
The Brompton Cemetery Conservation Area covers about 15 hectares and was designated by Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 1985. Inside the boundary are 37 listed buildings (8 Grade II*, 29 Grade II). The most significant is Arcade forming north east quarter of circle and avenue, Grade II*. 2 Article 4 directions over the area remove further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below. 4 Tree Preservation Order records overlap the area; every other tree here still needs six weeks’ notice before work. 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 - No 100Householder works
- Article 4 - No 106Householder 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.
- Arcade forming north east quarter of circle and avenueGrade II*
- Arcade forming north west quarter of circle and avenueGrade II*
- Arcade forming south east quarter of circle and avenueGrade II*
- Arcade Forming South Western Quarter of Circle and AvenueGrade II*
- Church of England ChapelGrade II*
- Entrance Gates and Screen on Old Brompton RoadGrade II*
- Tomb of Emmeline PankhurstGrade II*
- Tomb of Frederick R Leyland, Brompton CemeteryGrade II*
- Brass family tomb, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Brompton Cemetery Ironwork Piers, Gates and Screen on Fulham RoadGrade II
- Burnside Monument, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Chelsea Pensioners Monument, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Easternmost K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Guards Memorial North West of Circle Number 4 at the Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Mausoleum of Colonel William Meyrick, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Mausoleum of Harvey Lewis, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Mausoleum of James McDonald, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Monument to S L Sotheby, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Tomb chest of Valentine Cameron PrinsepGrade II
- Tomb of Alfred Mellon, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Tomb of Barbe Marie Theresa Sangiorgi, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Tomb of Benjamin Golding, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Tomb of Blanche Roosevelt Macchetta, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Tomb of Clement Family, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
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- Tomb of Elizabeth Moffat, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Tomb of Emily Adney Bond, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Tomb of Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Warneford VC on northern approach to Great Circle, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Tomb of George GodwinGrade II
- Tomb of Henry Pettit, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Tomb of Herbert Fitch, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Tomb of John JacksonGrade II
- Tomb of Joseph Bonomi, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Tomb of Percy Lambert, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Tomb of Peter Borthwick and family, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Tomb of Philip Nowell, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Tomb of Robert Coombes, Brompton CemeteryGrade II
- Westernmost K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Brompton CemeteryGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBBrompton Cemetery Conservation Area AppraisalRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’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 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.