About the Bexhill Old Town Conservation Area
The Bexhill Old Town Conservation Area covers about 13 hectares and was designated by Rother District Council in 1975. Inside the boundary are 37 listed buildings (1 Grade II*, 36 Grade II). The most significant is Parish Church of St Peter, Grade II*. 1 Article 4 direction over the area removes further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below. 4 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.
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.
- Rother District Council (Houses in Multiple Occupation, Bexhill, East Sussex) Article 4 Direction, 2011Householder works
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.
- Parish Church of St PeterGrade II*
- 10, High StreetGrade II
- 11-13, Church StreetGrade II
- 2 and 3, Church StreetGrade II
- 2 and 4, High StreetGrade II
- 24, High StreetGrade II
- 3 and 5, High StreetGrade II
- 4, Church StreetGrade II
- 50, 52 and 54, Belle HillGrade II
- 6-10, Church StreetGrade II
- 6, High StreetGrade II
- 8, High StreetGrade II
- Apple Tree CottageGrade II
- Barrack HallGrade II
- Belclaire WaysideGrade II
- Boswell HouseGrade II
- Chantry CottageGrade II
- East LodgeGrade II
- Forge HouseGrade II
- Garden Wall to the East and West of LinkwellGrade II
- Garden Wall to the North East and to the East of the GrangeGrade II
- Goddards HouseGrade II
- Hanover HouseGrade II
- LinkwellGrade II
Show all 37 listed buildings ↓All 37 listed buildings
- LychgateGrade II
- Lychgate CottageGrade II
- Number 5 (seaview House) and Number 7 (camellia Corner)Grade II
- Osborn HouseGrade II
- Quakers Mill (bexhill Antique Centre )Grade II
- Rimswell CottageGrade II
- Ruins of the Former Manor HouseGrade II
- Seaview CottageGrade II
- Sorrell CottageGrade II
- The Barn Or Granary to the North East of the RectoryGrade II
- The GrangeGrade II
- The Little Bee HiveGrade II
- Yew Tree CottageGrade 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
WEBBexhill Old Town Conservation Area AppraisalRother 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 Rother District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.