About the METHWOLD Conservation Area
The METHWOLD Conservation Area covers about 33 hectares and was designated by Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in 1988. Inside the boundary are 14 listed buildings (2 Grade I, 12 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St George, Grade I. 3 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.
- 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 GeorgeGrade I
- The Old VicarageGrade I
- Barn 30 Metres West of Number 7 (clough Farmhouse)Grade II
- Barn 70 Metres North of Hall FarmhouseGrade II
- Barn 70 Metres North West of Hall FarmhouseGrade II
- Boundary Wall to Number 7 (clough Farm)Grade II
- Cartshed 30 Metres North East of Hall FarmhouseGrade II
- Clough FarmhouseGrade II
- Cross in Churchyard of St GeorgeGrade II
- Granary and Cartshed Immediately North of Lancaster ParkGrade II
- Hall FarmhouseGrade II
- Lancaster ParkGrade II
- New HallGrade II
- Outbuildings 15 Metres West of Number 7 (clough Farmhouse)Grade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBMETHWOLD 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.