About the Tormarton Conservation Area
The Tormarton Conservation Area covers about 20 hectares and was designated by South Gloucestershire Council in 1975. Inside the boundary are 46 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 45 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Mary Magdelene, Grade I. 6 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.
ProjectElsewhereIn Tormarton CA
- 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.
- Church of St Mary MagdeleneGrade I
- 10, Marshfield RoadGrade II
- Arnold Monument in the Churchyard About 22 Metres South West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Arnold Monument in the Churchyard About 22 Metres West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Arnold Monument in the Churchyard About 23 Metres South West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Arnold Monument in the Churchyard About 24 Metres West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Arnold Monument in the Churchyard About 25 Metres South West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Barn and Atached Wall and Gate Piers About 30 Metres North of Tormarton CourtGrade II
- Barn Attached to Rear of Plum Tree Cottage and Barn CottageGrade II
- Barn Cottage Plum Tree CottageGrade II
- Beard Monument in the Churchyard About 25 Metres South West of West Porch of Church of St MaryGrade II
- Beard Monument in the Churchyard About 27 Metres West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Bennett Monument in the Churchyard About 22 Metres North West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Bennett Monument in the Churchyard About 25 Metres North West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Bennett Monument in the Churchyard About 25 Metres West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Bennett Monument in the Churchyard About 28 Metres North West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Brookman Monument in the Churchyard About 16 Metres South West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Brookman Monument in the Churchyard About 17 Metres South West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Burne Monument in the Churchyard About 22 Metres North West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdeleneGrade II
- Edwards Monument in the Churchyard About 11 Metres South West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Fountain About 16 Metres South of the Old Post OfficeGrade II
- Garden Wall Attached to North East of Manor FarmhouseGrade II
- Glebe FarmhouseGrade II
- Hatherell Monument in the Churchyard About 14 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
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- Hatherell Monument in the Churchyard About 7 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Hatherell Monument in the Churchyard About 8 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Isaac Monument in the Churchyard About 13 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Keepen Monument in the Churchyard About 20 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Manor FarmhouseGrade II
- Old School HouseGrade II
- Stable Block Attached to North West of Tormarton CourtGrade II
- The Old Post OfficeGrade II
- The Old RectoryGrade II
- The SmithyGrade II
- Tily Monument in the Churchyard About 29 Metres South West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Tormarton CourtGrade II
- Tormarton War MemorialGrade II
- Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 10 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 12 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 15 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 19 Metres West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 21 Metres West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 25 Metres South West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 4 Metres South West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Watts Monument in the Churchyard About 25 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
- Witherly Monument in the Churchyard About 23 Metres West of West Porch of Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBTormarton 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.