About the Hollingbourne, Eyhorne Street Conservation Area
The Hollingbourne, Eyhorne Street Conservation Area covers about 4.4 hectares and was designated by Maidstone Borough Council in 1977. Inside the boundary are 26 listed buildings, all Grade II. 12 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.
- Land at Eyhorne FarmChange of use
- Eyhorne Farm,Change of use
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.
- 20 and 22, Eyhorne StreetGrade II
- 34-40, Eyhorne StreetGrade II
- 42-46, Eyhorne StreetGrade II
- 47 -51 Eyhorne StreetGrade II
- 50 and 52, Eyhorne StreetGrade II
- 57,59,61, Eyhorne StreetGrade II
- 6-16, Eyhorne StreetGrade II
- 64 and 66, Eyhorne StreetGrade II
- April Cottage Beaufort Cottage Fern CottageGrade II
- Autumn CottageGrade II
- Coachmans CottageGrade II
- Cotuams House, The Cottage and Wall and Gatepier Attached to NorthwestGrade II
- Elm CottageGrade II
- Eyhorne ManorGrade II
- Foxgrove HouseGrade II
- Garden Wall and Gatepier About 20 Metres to North North East of Cotauams HouseGrade II
- Glyder House Sugar Loaves Public HouseGrade II
- Lilac CottageGrade II
- Meadow Way Cottage Poste Cottage Small MeadGrade II
- Niton HouseGrade II
- River FarmhouseGrade II
- Tanyard HouseGrade II
- The Windmill Public HouseGrade II
- Vine Cottage and Cottage AdjoiningGrade II
Show all 26 listed buildings ↓All 26 listed buildings
The council’s appraisal
WEBHollingbourne, Eyhorne Street 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.