About the Wandsworth Road Conservation Area
The Wandsworth Road Conservation Area covers about 7.0 hectares and was designated by London Borough of Lambeth in 2002. Inside the boundary are 16 listed buildings, all 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.
- Modified Direction 2 - KIBAs and WNCBCHouseholder 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.
- 141,143 and 145, Lansdowne Way Sw8Grade II
- 335 and 337, Wandsworth Road Sw8Grade II
- 339, 341 and 343, Wandsworth Road Sw8Grade II
- 372 and 374, Wandsworth Road Sw8Grade II
- 376, Wandsworth Road Sw8Grade II
- 43, Netherford Road Sw4Grade II
- 553, 555 and 557, Wandsworth Road Sw8Grade II
- 571, Wandsworth Road Sw8Grade II
- 573 and 575, Wandsworth Road Sw8Grade II
- Forecourt Wall and Railings to Numbers 553, 555 and 557Grade II
- Hibbert's AlmshousesGrade II
- Milestone in Front of Number 372Grade II
- Outer Courtyard Walls and Eastern Storage Building to Former Plough BreweryGrade II
- The Plough BreweryGrade II
- The Plough InnGrade II
- Wall Immedieately North and West of Belvedere at North Side of Church of St PaulGrade II
Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from London Borough of Lambeth and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.