About the DOWNHAM MARKET Conservation Area
The DOWNHAM MARKET Conservation Area covers about 38 hectares and was designated by Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in 1975. Inside the boundary are 109 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 108 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Edmund, Grade I. 21 Tree Preservation Order records overlap the area; every other tree here still needs six weeks’ notice before work.
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.
ProjectElsewhereIn DOWNHAM MARKET CA
- 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.
- Church of St EdmundGrade I
- 1 and 3, Railway RoadGrade II
- 10, Howdale RoadGrade II
- 11 and 12, Market PlaceGrade II
- 13 and 13a, High StreetGrade II
- 13, Market PlaceGrade II
- 15-19, Church RoadGrade II
- 15, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 15, High StreetGrade II
- 16, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 16b, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 17 and 19, High StreetGrade II
- 17-23, London RoadGrade II
- 17, Paradise RoadGrade II
- 19-25, Lynn RoadGrade II
- 1a, 1b and 1c, High StreetGrade II
- 2 and 3, Market PlaceGrade II
- 2 and 4, High StreetGrade II
- 20 and 24a, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 21, Paradise RoadGrade II
- 23 and 25, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 25, London RoadGrade II
- 26, High StreetGrade II
- 27, Bridge StreetGrade II
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- 27, Lynn RoadGrade II
- 28, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 28, High StreetGrade II
- 29-33, Lynn RoadGrade II
- 3, Bexwell RoadGrade II
- 3, High StreetGrade II
- 30, High StreetGrade II
- 31 and 33, London RoadGrade II
- 32-38, Paradise RoadGrade II
- 32, High StreetGrade II
- 33, High StreetGrade II
- 34 and 34a, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 34, High StreetGrade II
- 35-39, 42 and 45, Railway RoadGrade II
- 35, High StreetGrade II
- 36, High StreetGrade II
- 37 and 39, High StreetGrade II
- 38 and 40, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 38, High StreetGrade II
- 39 and 41, Priory RoadGrade II
- 4 and 5, Market PlaceGrade II
- 42 and 44, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 45, High StreetGrade II
- 47 and 49, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 47, High StreetGrade II
- 48, High StreetGrade II
- 49, Priory RoadGrade II
- 5 and 7, London RoadGrade II
- 5, Bexwell RoadGrade II
- 5, High StreetGrade II
- 50, High StreetGrade II
- 51 and 53, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 52 and 54, Paradise RoadGrade II
- 52-56, High StreetGrade II
- 53 and 55, High StreetGrade II
- 55, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 57, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 57, High StreetGrade II
- 59 and 61, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 6, Market PlaceGrade II
- 60 and 64, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 61-73, Railway RoadGrade II
- 7, Railway RoadGrade II
- 71, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 77-87, Railway RoadGrade II
- 8 and 9, Market PlaceGrade II
- 82 and 84, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 9 and 11, Railway RoadGrade II
- Boundary Walls of Library Grounds West and South, And of Former Burial GroundGrade II
- Castle HotelGrade II
- Clock Tower South East of Number 10Grade II
- Crown InnGrade II
- Dial House Including Barn to NorthGrade II
- Downham Market War MemorialGrade II
- East Wall of Grounds of the TowersGrade II
- FellsGrade II
- Former headmaster's house of Downham Grammar SchoolGrade II
- Former Methodist Church and Sunday School Adjoining, SouthGrade II
- Former National SchoolGrade II
- Front Wall of Ex-Service Men's ClubGrade II
- Front Wall of Forecourt of Dial BungalowGrade II
- Front Wall of Garden of Priory HouseGrade II
- Front Wall of Grounds of Number 12 (dial House)Grade II
- Hill HouseGrade II
- Laburnum HouseGrade II
- Library (formerly Friends Meeting House)Grade II
- Magistrates Court ComplexGrade II
- Masonic Hall (former Baptist Chapel)Grade II
- Nelson HouseGrade II
- ObeliskGrade II
- Outbuilding Adjoining Nummber 12 (dial House on West)Grade II
- Priory CottagesGrade II
- Railway StationGrade II
- Station HotelGrade II
- The Corn ShopGrade II
- The PrioryGrade II
- The Square GarageGrade II
- Town HallGrade II
- Wall at North Boundary of Garden of No 1Grade II
- Wall at North of Churchyard of St Edmund's ChurchGrade II
- Wall at West of Number 4 and Extending at Back of Number 2 With Return NorthGrade II
- Wall of Garden of Laburnum HouseGrade II
- Walls at East and West of Ground at Rear of Number 16bGrade II
- Walls of Garden of Number 16bGrade II
- Workshop South of Number 21Grade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
High StreetBridge StreetMarket PlaceRailway RoadLondon RoadParadise RoadLynn RoadBexwell RoadPriory RoadChurch RoadHowdale Road
The council’s appraisal
WEBDOWNHAM MARKET Conservation Area AppraisalBorough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk’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 Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.