About the North Walsham Conservation Area
The North Walsham Conservation Area covers about 14 hectares and was designated by North Norfolk District Council in 2010. Inside the boundary are 81 listed buildings (2 Grade I, 3 Grade II*, 76 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Nicholas, Grade I. 50 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 NicholasGrade I
- Market CrossGrade I
- 14, Aylsham RoadGrade II*
- 7, Market PlaceGrade II*
- Ivy CottageGrade II*
- 1 Market PlaceGrade II
- 1 Mundesley RoadGrade II
- 1 New RoadGrade II
- 10 and 12, Market StreetGrade II
- 10 Church StreetGrade II
- 11, Market PlaceGrade II
- 13 and 14 Market PlaceGrade II
- 14, Church StreetGrade II
- 14, Market StreetGrade II
- 15, King's Arms StreetGrade II
- 15, Market PlaceGrade II
- 16, Market PlaceGrade II
- 17-19, Market PlaceGrade II
- 18 and 18A Market StreetGrade II
- 1a, 1b and 1c, Church StreetGrade II
- 2 Church StreetGrade II
- 2 Market StreetGrade II
- 2 Park LaneGrade II
- 2, Market PlaceGrade II
Show all 81 listed buildings ↓All 81 listed buildings
- 20-22 Market StreetGrade II
- 20, Market PlaceGrade II
- 21 and 22 Market PlaceGrade II
- 22 and 24 King’s Arms StreetGrade II
- 23 and 24, Market PlaceGrade II
- 25 Market PlaceGrade II
- 26, 27 and 27A Market PlaceGrade II
- 28, 28b and 28c, Market PlaceGrade II
- 3 King’s Arms StreetGrade II
- 3 Market PlaceGrade II
- 3 Market StreetGrade II
- 30 Market PlaceGrade II
- 30-34 King's Arms StreetGrade II
- 31 Market PlaceGrade II
- 32 Market PlaceGrade II
- 33, 34 and 35A Market PlaceGrade II
- 34 Vicarage StreetGrade II
- 36 Vicarage StreetGrade II
- 38 Market PlaceGrade II
- 38, Vicarage StreetGrade II
- 39 Market PlaceGrade II
- 4 Market PlaceGrade II
- 4, Church StreetGrade II
- 40, Market PlaceGrade II
- 41 Market PlaceGrade II
- 42, Market PlaceGrade II
- 43 Market PlaceGrade II
- 44 Market PlaceGrade II
- 45, Market PlaceGrade II
- 46 and 47 Market PlaceGrade II
- 48 and 49 Market PlaceGrade II
- 5 Market StreetGrade II
- 50, Market PlaceGrade II
- 6 Church StreetGrade II
- 6 Market StreetGrade II
- 7 and 9, Market StreetGrade II
- 7, King's Arms StreetGrade II
- 8 Market StreetGrade II
- 8-10 Market PlaceGrade II
- 8, Church StreetGrade II
- 9, New RoadGrade II
- Bank House and 2-4 King's Arms StreetGrade II
- Church of The Sacred HeartGrade II
- Feathers InnGrade II
- Former Girls High SchoolGrade II
- Front wall of former Girl’s High SchoolGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- King's Arms HotelGrade II
- North Norfolk Labour PartyGrade II
- Outbuilding South of Number 15Grade II
- Paston CollegeGrade II
- The Cedars, 1a and 3 New RoadGrade II
- The Grosvenor RestaurantGrade II
- The White SwanGrade II
- Wall and door at north entrance of Paston Sixth Form CollegeGrade II
- Walls of Churchyard of Church of St NicholasGrade II
- Warwick HouseGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
The council’s appraisal
WEBNorth Walsham Conservation Area AppraisalNorth Norfolk 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 North Norfolk District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.