About the Bearsted, Village Green Conservation Area
The Bearsted, Village Green Conservation Area covers about 9.8 hectares and was designated by Maidstone Borough Council in 1974. Inside the boundary are 22 listed buildings, all Grade II. 39 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.
- April Cottage and Old TimbersGrade II
- Baxter's Cottage, Eden Cottage and Oak Apple CottageGrade II
- Bearsted CottageGrade II
- Bearsted HouseGrade II
- Bell HouseGrade II
- Black Horse Oast and Bryony Oast the OastsGrade II
- Colegate Drive No 1Grade II
- Corner Cottage Hazel CottageGrade II
- Crisfield HouseGrade II
- Forge CottagesGrade II
- Hill HouseGrade II
- Holly HouseGrade II
- Ivy HouseGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- Little SnowfieldGrade II
- MaybankGrade II
- Mote Hall Oast and Hop Kiln Oast the OastsGrade II
- Olde Manor Cottages the Old Manor HouseGrade II
- Snowfield CottageGrade II
- The LimesGrade II
- The Old BakeryGrade II
- The White HorseGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBBearsted, Village Green Conservation Area AppraisalMaidstone Borough Council’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 Maidstone Borough Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.