About the Alcombe Conservation Area
The Alcombe Conservation Area covers about 4.5 hectares and was designated by Somerset Council in 1975. Inside the boundary are 25 listed buildings, all 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.
- 1, Combeland RoadGrade II
- 2 and 3, Brook StreetGrade II
- 3 and 5, Combeland RoadGrade II
- 4, Brook StreetGrade II
- 5 and 9, Manor RoadGrade II
- 5, Brook StreetGrade II
- 7 and 8, Cefn CourtGrade II
- Alcombe HallGrade II
- Alcombe House Hotel, Including Mulberry Cottage, And Attached Wall to LeftGrade II
- Apple Tree CottageGrade II
- Cross FarmGrade II
- Ferndale and Attached Rubblestone WallGrade II
- Ferndale the CotGrade II
- Gowrie, Little Court and Iona and Attached Outhouse and Walls to RearGrade II
- Grove Place, Spiritualist Church, Attached Wall, And Outbuilding to RearGrade II
- Hoar Oak Cottage and Attached Rubblestone Wall to the RightGrade II
- Manoah St Austell HouseGrade II
- No 2 and Attached Gate and WallGrade II
- No 6 With Outhouse to LeftGrade II
- RiverdaleGrade II
- Rosebank Villa and Attached Walls and GatepiersGrade II
- Stanley CottageGrade II
- The Lodge and the Hermitage and Attached Wall to the LeftGrade II
- The Old Presbytery, Corner Cottage and Rear Walls to the Old PresbyteryGrade II
Show all 25 listed buildings ↓All 25 listed buildings
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
WEBAlcombe Conservation Area AppraisalSomerset 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 Somerset Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.