About the Mount Street and Vivary Park, Taunton Conservation Area
The Mount Street and Vivary Park, Taunton Conservation Area covers about 9.7 hectares and was designated by Somerset Council in 1975. Inside the boundary are 35 listed buildings (1 Grade II*, 34 Grade II). The most significant is Unitarian Chapel, 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.
- Unitarian ChapelGrade II*
- 10, 12 to 14, UPPER HIGH STREET AND WALL TO LEFT OF NO. 10Grade II
- 18, Mary StreetGrade II
- 19a, Mount StreetGrade II
- 2 to 4 (consec) Upper High Street and wall along street at No 4Grade II
- 20, Mary StreetGrade II
- 20, Mount StreetGrade II
- 21 22 and 22a, Mount StreetGrade II
- 23, Mount StreetGrade II
- 3 and 4, Mount StreetGrade II
- 42 and 43, Upper High StreetGrade II
- 5, Upper High Street and wall to westGrade II
- 6, Upper High StreetGrade II
- 8-11, Mount StreetGrade II
- Ashfield HouseGrade II
- Bandstand in Vivary ParkGrade II
- Clune HouseGrade II
- Entrance Gates and Gatepiers to Vivary ParkGrade II
- Entrance Gates to Infant SchoolGrade II
- Forde HouseGrade II
- Fountain in Vivary ParkGrade II
- House Adjacent to Jellalabad House on the Northeast SideGrade II
- Mary Street HouseGrade II
- Mary Street Memorial SchoolsGrade II
Show all 35 listed buildings ↓All 35 listed buildings
- Mount TerraceGrade II
- Numbers 24a to 29 and Numbers 1 to 6 Vivary ApartmentsGrade II
- Ornamental Column in Garden to South East of Wilton HouseGrade II
- Queen Anne CottageGrade II
- Shuttern HouseGrade II
- Somerset and Wilts Savings BankGrade II
- Temple Methodist Church Temple Methodist SchoolsGrade II
- The Keep Jellallabad BarrackGrade II
- The Lawn (royal British Legion Club)Grade II
- War Memorial in Vivary ParkGrade II
- Wilton 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
WEBMount Street and Vivary Park, Taunton 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.