About the Hawkesbury Conservation Area
The Hawkesbury Conservation Area covers about 94 hectares and was designated by South Gloucestershire Council in 1981. Inside the boundary are 38 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 36 Grade II). The most significant is Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Grade I. 8 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.
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 Mary the VirginGrade I
- Monument to Lord Robert Edward SomersetGrade II*
- 2 Chest Tombs, 5 Yards to South East of Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II
- 2 Chest Tombs, To South of South Aisle of the Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II
- Bakers HouseGrade II
- Barn 20 Yards to North East of Pool FarmhouseGrade II
- Barn and Granary, 10 Yards to North West of Pool FarmhouseGrade II
- Barn, 10 Yards South of Grey BarnGrade II
- Bennett, Brooks, Iles and Limerick Chest Tombs, 5 Yards From North Porch of St Mary the VirginGrade II
- Blue Boy HouseGrade II
- Chest Tomb, 2 Yards to South of South Aisle of the Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II
- Chest Tomb, 3 Yards From North of Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II
- Chest Tomb, 5 Yards to North East of Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II
- Chest Tomb, 5 Yards to South East of South Aisle of the Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II
- Church FarmhouseGrade II
- Court FarmhouseGrade II
- Cropready HouseGrade II
- Former Detached Kitchen 5 Yards South West of Church FarmhouseGrade II
- Garden Building, Immediately to the Rear of the Old VicarageGrade II
- Grey BarnGrade II
- Group of 10 Chest Tombs 2 Yards From North East Corner of the Nave of the Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II
- Group of 17 Chest Tombs to South of South Porch of the Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II
- Group of 3 Chest Tombs; to West of South Porch of the Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II
- Group of 9 Chest Tombs to East and South East of Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II
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- Home Farmhouse and Adjoining BarnGrade II
- John Cooper and Elinor Cooper Chest Tombs, 3 Yards to North East of Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II
- K8 Telephone KioskGrade II
- Lemon Chest Tomb, 10 Yards From North of Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II
- Lodge and Surrounding Walls to South East and South West of Lord Re Somerset's MonumentGrade II
- Maypole FarmhouseGrade II
- Pool FarmhouseGrade II
- Pound FarmhouseGrade II
- The Big HouseGrade II
- The Duke of Beaufort Public HouseGrade II
- The Old VicarageGrade II
- Tyndale CottageGrade II
- Upton HouseGrade II
- War MemorialGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBHawkesbury Conservation Area AppraisalSouth Gloucestershire 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 South Gloucestershire Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.