About the Blymhill Conservation Area Management Plan Conservation Area
The Blymhill Conservation Area Management Plan Conservation Area covers about 15 hectares and was designated by South Staffordshire Council in 1977. Inside the boundary are 11 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 10 Grade II). The most significant is Parish Church of St Mary, Grade I. 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.
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 MaryGrade I
- Black and White Cottage and Attached CottageGrade II
- Churchyard Wall and Two Sets of Gate Piers and Gates to Church of St MaryGrade II
- Fowler Memorial approximately 30 metres South of tower of Church of St MaryGrade II
- Grove Farmhouse and Entrance RailingsGrade II
- High HallGrade II
- Number 2, Rectory CottagesGrade II
- School and attached school houseGrade II
- Stockley Memorial Approximately 10 Metres South of Vestry of Church of St MaryGrade II
- The Old RectoryGrade II
- Yates Memorial Approximately 10 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St MaryGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBBlymhill Conservation Area Management Plan Conservation Area AppraisalSouth Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.