About the Great Chesterford Conservation Area
The Great Chesterford Conservation Area covers about 28 hectares and was designated by Uttlesford District Council in 2008. Inside the boundary are 66 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 64 Grade II). The most significant is Church of All Saints, Grade I. 2 Article 4 directions over the area remove further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below. 125 Tree Preservation Order records overlap the area; every other tree here still needs six weeks’ notice before work. 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.
Article 4 directions here
These overlap the conservation area. Householder directions remove more of the rights above; change-of-use ones don’t affect extending a house.
- Multiple Addresses in Great Chesterford Schd1 (b) appliesHouseholder works
- Multiple Addresses in Great ChesterfordHouseholder works
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 All SaintsGrade I
- Old VicarageGrade II*
- Amberley CottageGrade II
- BakeryGrade II
- Bishops HouseGrade II
- Brock HouseGrade II
- CarmelsteadGrade II
- Carmelstead CottageGrade II
- Chesnut View Little London the CottageGrade II
- ChesnutsGrade II
- Chesterford HouseGrade II
- ChestersGrade II
- Chilton Cottages HomeleighGrade II
- Church of England Primary School including playground area wall immediately to westGrade II
- Clematis CottageGrade II
- Congregational ChapelGrade II
- Cream CottageGrade II
- Crown HouseGrade II
- Elizabeth CottageGrade II
- Elizabeth HouseGrade II
- Fiddlers RestGrade II
- GablesGrade II
- Hazeldene HouseGrade II
- House Approximately 17 Yards to West of Elizabeth HouseGrade II
Show all 66 listed buildings ↓All 66 listed buildings
- House Approximately 23 Yards North West of BakeryGrade II
- House Immediately North West of Wearn's FollyGrade II
- House Immediately West of South CottageGrade II
- House to North West of BakeryGrade II
- July FarmhouseGrade II
- KentsGrade II
- Kents CottagesGrade II
- Little BarnGrade II
- LittlemeadGrade II
- Maltings CottageGrade II
- Manor FarmhouseGrade II
- Marigold CottageGrade II
- Mill CottageGrade II
- Mill HouseGrade II
- MortimersGrade II
- Mount CottageGrade II
- Old HouseGrade II
- Old MaltingsGrade II
- Old White HorseGrade II
- Plough InnGrade II
- Printers Office Occupied by John MooreGrade II
- Reed HouseGrade II
- South CottageGrade II
- SouthacreGrade II
- Stable Block to East of ChestersGrade II
- Stable Block to West of Chesterford HouseGrade II
- Thatched CottageGrade II
- The CloseGrade II
- The Cottage Opposite the SurgeryGrade II
- The Crown and Thistle InnGrade II
- The Elm Tree InnGrade II
- The Old Post OfficeGrade II
- The Stores and House Adjoining on the NorthGrade II
- The Sugar House and BarnGrade II
- The Surgery to South of SouthacreGrade II
- TimbersGrade II
- Wearn's FollyGrade II
- White CottageGrade II
- WhitegatesGrade II
- WhitgatesGrade II
- Wilton HouseGrade II
- Wren Cottage and CopperfieldsGrade II
Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Uttlesford District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.