About the Brackley Town Centre Conservation Area
The Brackley Town Centre Conservation Area covers about 26 hectares within West Northamptonshire Council’s area. Inside the boundary are 70 listed buildings (4 Grade II*, 66 Grade II). The most significant is 82-88, High Street, Grade II*.
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.
- 82-88, High StreetGrade II*
- Brackley Lodge (including Gate Piers)Grade II*
- Magdalen College Chapel of Saints John and JamesGrade II*
- Town HallGrade II*
- 1 and 3, Market PlaceGrade II
- 1, Buckingham RoadGrade II
- 10, Market PlaceGrade II
- 105 and 107, High StreetGrade II
- 109, High StreetGrade II
- 12, Market PlaceGrade II
- 14, Market PlaceGrade II
- 16 and 18, High StreetGrade II
- 16 and 18, Market PlaceGrade II
- 2, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 20, High StreetGrade II
- 21, Market PlaceGrade II
- 23-29, Market PlaceGrade II
- 26 and 26a, High StreetGrade II
- 26 and 28, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 27 and 29, High StreetGrade II
- 28, High StreetGrade II
- 31, High StreetGrade II
- 32, Market PlaceGrade II
- 33, High StreetGrade II
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- 34 and 36, Market PlaceGrade II
- 36, High StreetGrade II
- 38, Market PlaceGrade II
- 4, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 4, High StreetGrade II
- 48 and 50, High StreetGrade II
- 48, High Street WestGrade II
- 5, High StreetGrade II
- 5, Market PlaceGrade II
- 50, Market PlaceGrade II
- 52, High StreetGrade II
- 56, High StreetGrade II
- 6 and 8, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 60, High StreetGrade II
- 65 and 67, High StreetGrade II
- 69, High StreetGrade II
- 7 and 7a, Market PlaceGrade II
- 7, High StreetGrade II
- 8 and 10, High StreetGrade II
- 8, Market PlaceGrade II
- 83, High StreetGrade II
- 87 and 89, High StreetGrade II
- 9, Market PlaceGrade II
- 91 and 93, High StreetGrade II
- 95, High StreetGrade II
- 97 and 99, High StreetGrade II
- Barn adjacent to No 16, High Street, on westGrade II
- Brackley War MemorialGrade II
- Crown HotelGrade II
- Former Stables, Manor House (winchester House School)Grade II
- Garden Wall, Manor House (winchester House School)Grade II
- Gateway, Manor House (winchester House School)Grade II
- Magdalen College School South West BuildingGrade II
- Magdalen College School, Building to South of Chapel of Saints John and JamesGrade II
- Manor House (winchester House School)Grade II
- Manor House LodgeGrade II
- Police StationGrade II
- Red Lion HotelGrade II
- Stone Gateway Behind Number 13 and Adjoining Back Wing of Number 15Grade II
- The Bell InnGrade II
- The Bell TowerGrade II
- The Dobbins North BuildingGrade II
- The Dobbins South BuildingGrade II
- The Greyhound Public HouseGrade II
- The Plough InnGrade II
- United Reformed ChurchGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
The council’s appraisal
WEBBrackley Town Centre Conservation Area AppraisalWest Northamptonshire 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 West Northamptonshire Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.