About the Lindfield Conservation Area
The Lindfield Conservation Area covers about 41 hectares and was designated by Mid Sussex District Council in 1969. Inside the boundary are 94 listed buildings (11 Grade II*, 83 Grade II). The most significant is 122, High Street, Grade II*. Part of the area lies in flood zone 2, 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.
ProjectElsewhereIn Lindfield 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.
- 122, High StreetGrade II*
- BarnlandsGrade II*
- Lindfield HouseGrade II*
- Lindfield PlaceGrade II*
- Malling PrioryGrade II*
- Parish Church of All SaintsGrade II*
- The Bower HouseGrade II*
- The Manor HouseGrade II*
- The Thatched CottageGrade II*
- West Wing Middle House East Wing Turret House and Archway Cottage at Old PlaceGrade II*
- WincoteGrade II*
- 109, High StreetGrade II
- 115, High StreetGrade II
- 126, High StreetGrade II
- 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres North of Chancel of Church of All SaintsGrade II
- 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 30 Metres North of Transept of All Saints ChurchGrade II
- 36 and 38 (Old Bank Cottage) High StreetGrade II
- 4 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres North of Transept of All Saints ChurchGrade II
- 75, 77 and 79, High StreetGrade II
- 89, High StreetGrade II
- ArmintaGrade II
- Boarsland HouseGrade II
- Burnt House FarmhouseGrade II
- CarriersGrade II
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- Chantry CottageGrade II
- Clair-Voyee to East of PavilionGrade II
- Clock HouseGrade II
- CrosskeysGrade II
- Donkey Wheel Situated Approximately 60 Metres to South of Old PlaceGrade II
- Drinking Fountain and Animal Drinking TroughGrade II
- Firs CottageGrade II
- Former Gazebo Wall and Gatepiers to No 85Grade II
- Former Stables to North West of Manor HouseGrade II
- FroylesGrade II
- Garden House Situated Approximately 20 Metres to North of Lindfield PlaceGrade II
- Gates and Gatepiers Adjoining North Front of Old PlaceGrade II
- Gates and Gatepiers Situated 60 Metres South East of Old PlaceGrade II
- Gates to Pavilion Approximately 60 Metres to North West of PavilionGrade II
- Gates, Wall and Gatepiers Approximately 20 Metres West of West Front of Old PlaceGrade II
- Green Orchard TownlandsGrade II
- Halifax Building Society Hj Box Butchers Ns Denyers, GreengrocersGrade II
- K6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Number 98Grade II
- Limes CottageGrade II
- Lindfield AntiquesGrade II
- Lindfield Junior School Social Centre (formerly National School)Grade II
- Lindfield Place CottageGrade II
- Little BlacklandsGrade II
- Little BoarslandGrade II
- Little PelhamGrade II
- Mead CottageGrade II
- Monument Approximately 1 Metre to East of Item 6/213Grade II
- Monument Approximately 1 Metre to South of Item 6/215Grade II
- Monument Approximately 3 Metres South of South Porch of Parish Church of All SaintsGrade II
- Monument Approximately 3 Metres to South West of Monument to Robert and Elizabeth WoodGrade II
- Monument of Captain William Preston Rn, Approximately 1 Metre South of South Corner of ChurchGrade II
- Monument to George Newton Approximately 1 Metre East of South Porch of All Saints Parish ChurchGrade II
- Monument to Mrs Harriet Johnson Approximately 1 Metre to South of Item 6/213Grade II
- Monument to Robert and Elizabeth Wood Approximately 1 Metre to South East of Item 6/211Grade II
- Mulbury Cottage, Sundial and White Cottage with linking archwayGrade II
- Nash HouseGrade II
- Oakley HouseGrade II
- Osborne CottageGrade II
- Outbuilding 5 Metres to South of No 106Grade II
- Outbuilding to North East of Manor HouseGrade II
- Pair of Head, Foot and Bodystones Approximately 4 Metres East of Churchyard WallGrade II
- PartridgesGrade II
- Pavilion to South of Old PlaceGrade II
- Pear Tree CottageGrade II
- Pelham HouseGrade II
- Pelham Place CottagesGrade II
- Pierpoint HouseGrade II
- PilstyeGrade II
- PortersGrade II
- Priory CottageGrade II
- Range of Head Foot and Body Stones 1 Metre to West of Item 6/215Grade II
- Romany Cottage Wickham HouseGrade II
- Rosemary CottageGrade II
- Seckham's HouseGrade II
- SpongsGrade II
- St Anne'sGrade II
- St John's LodgeGrade II
- Statue of Pan 15 Metres to East of Old PlaceGrade II
- Sundial Situated 30 Metres South of Old PlaceGrade II
- The Bent Arms HotelGrade II
- The HallGrade II
- The Old ForgeGrade II
- The Red Lion InnGrade II
- The Toll HouseGrade II
- Tiger CottagesGrade II
- Tv Servicing Co Wychcraft CafeGrade II
- VikingGrade II
- Wain HouseGrade II
- Wall and Gatepiers to No 88Grade II
- Wall, Gatepieirs, Gate and Steps to East of Lindfield PlaceGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBLindfield Conservation Area AppraisalMid Sussex District 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 Mid Sussex District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.