About the Slingsby Conservation Area
The Slingsby Conservation Area covers about 26 hectares and was designated by North Yorkshire Council in 1977. Inside the boundary are 32 listed buildings (1 Grade II*, 31 Grade II). The most significant is Church of All Saints, Slingsby, Grade II*. 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.
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 All Saints, SlingsbyGrade II*
- Bag EndGrade II
- BransdaleGrade II
- Castle FarmhouseGrade II
- Dossers HouseGrade II
- Fern CottageGrade II
- Glebe CottageGrade II
- Grange HouseGrade II
- Grey GablesGrade II
- Heights FarmhouseGrade II
- Home FarmhouseGrade II
- House Immediately South of GoodlandsGrade II
- House Immediately to the North of Cooperative StoresGrade II
- Ivy Cottage and Castle HouseGrade II
- Lindon House and Gate and Railings to FrontGrade II
- Mile Post at Southern End of BalksideGrade II
- Porch Farmhouse and CottageGrade II
- Rose Cottage and Laurel CottageGrade II
- Ruins of Slingsby CastleGrade II
- Schoolroom and School HouseGrade II
- Slingsby Heights and Gates and Railings to FrontGrade II
- The Cottage and 3 Houses Adjoining to NorthGrade II
- The GrapesGrade II
- The GreenGrade II
Show all 32 listed buildings ↓All 32 listed buildings
- The Old RectoryGrade II
- The Reading RoomGrade II
- Toby's CottageGrade II
- Tomb Chest Commemorating Members of the Markinfield Family Approximately 3 Metres to South of Porch of All Saints ChurchGrade II
- Wesleyan Chapel and HallGrade II
- West Flatts FarmhouseGrade II
- Wheatlands FarmhouseGrade II
- Wyville Hall and Wyville CottageGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBSlingsby Conservation Area AppraisalNorth Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.