About the Sheen Road Conservation Area
The Sheen Road Conservation Area covers about 18 hectares and was designated by London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in 1977. Inside the boundary are 22 listed buildings (2 Grade II*, 20 Grade II). The most significant is Hickey's Almshouses, Including Chapel and Lodges, Grade II*.
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.
- Hickey's Almshouses, Including Chapel and LodgesGrade II*
- Houblon's AlmshousesGrade II*
- 131 and 133, Sheen RoadGrade II
- 149 and 151, Sheen RoadGrade II
- 153 and 155, Sheen RoadGrade II
- 157 and 159 Sheen Road, including boundary walls and piersGrade II
- 34, Sheen RoadGrade II
- 38, Sheen RoadGrade II
- 40-46, Sheen RoadGrade II
- 43, Sheen RoadGrade II
- 45, Sheen RoadGrade II
- 69, Sheen RoadGrade II
- Belvedere PlaceGrade II
- Chalom House Spring TerraceGrade II
- Court LodgeGrade II
- Dunstable RoadGrade II
- Hickey's AlmshousesGrade II
- Marshgate House, With Gate and RailingsGrade II
- Richmond Church, Estate AlmshousesGrade II
- Spring TerraceGrade II
- Spring TerraceGrade II
- Spring TerraceGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBSheen Road Conservation Area AppraisalLondon Borough of Richmond upon Thames’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 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.