About the Boundary Estate Conservation Area
The Boundary Estate Conservation Area covers about 5.1 hectares within London Borough of Tower Hamlets’s area. Inside the boundary are 36 listed buildings, all Grade II. 97 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.
- Abingdon HouseGrade II
- Bandstand at Boundary Street GardenGrade II
- Benson HouseGrade II
- Boundary wall and gates at Virginia Primary SchoolGrade II
- Chertsey HouseGrade II
- Clifton HouseGrade II
- Cookham HouseGrade II
- Culham HouseGrade II
- Former Nichol Street Infant SchoolGrade II
- Hedsor HouseGrade II
- Henley HouseGrade II
- Hurley HouseGrade II
- Iffley HouseGrade II
- Iron railings and overthrows at Boundary Street GardenGrade II
- Iron Railings at Rochelle Street Primary SchoolGrade II
- Iron railings between Henley House and Walton House, Old Nichol StreetGrade II
- Iron railings, gate and gate piers between Laleham House and Hedsor HouseGrade II
- Laleham HouseGrade II
- Marlow HouseGrade II
- Marlow WorkshopsGrade II
- Molesey HouseGrade II
- Playground wall at Rochelle Street Primary SchoolGrade II
- Porter's House (former Laundry).Grade II
- Public Control Department of London Borough of Tower HamletsGrade II
Show all 36 listed buildings ↓All 36 listed buildings
- Rochelle Street Primary SchoolGrade II
- Rochelle Street Primary School HouseGrade II
- Sandford HouseGrade II
- Shiplake HouseGrade II
- Sonning HouseGrade II
- Sunbury HouseGrade II
- Sunbury WorkshopsGrade II
- Taplow HouseGrade II
- Virginia Primary SchoolGrade II
- Wall at London Clinic CentreGrade II
- Walton HouseGrade II
- Wargrave HouseGrade II
Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.