About the Grand Union and Oxford Canals Conservation Area
The Grand Union and Oxford Canals Conservation Area covers about 177 hectares within West Northamptonshire Council’s area. Inside the boundary are 47 listed buildings (1 Grade II*, 46 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Peter and St Paul, Grade II*. 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.
ProjectElsewhereIn Grand Union and Oxford Canals 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 Peter and St PaulGrade II*
- Bridge Number 14 Over Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Bridge Number 18 at Sp 6016 7439, Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Bridge Number 21 at Sp 6095 7437, Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Bridge Number 22 (haddon Road Bridge) at Sp611742, Grand Union Canal Leicester LineGrade II
- Bridge Number 24 at Sp 6202 7467, Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Bridge Number 27 at Sp 6167 7614, Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Bridge Number 29 at Sp 6210 7698, Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Bridge Number 31 at Sp 6135 7834, Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Bridge Number 33 at Sp 6120 7940, Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Bridge Number 36 at Sp 6152 8014, Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Bridge Number 38 at Sp 6217 8090, Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Bridge Number 39 at Sp 6245 8143, Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Chest Tomb 1 Metre South of South West Angle of Church of St Peter and St PaulGrade II
- Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre South of West Tower of Church of St Peter and St PaulGrade II
- Grand Union Canal BridgeGrade II
- Grand Union Canal Bridge Approximately 25 Metres South of South Entrance to Crick TunnelGrade II
- Grand Union Canal Bridge Number 10 at Sp 602 656Grade II
- Grand Union Canal Bridge Number 11Grade II
- Grand Union Canal Bridge Number 7Grade II
- Grand Union Canal Bridges numbers 93 and 94Grade II
- Grand Union Canal Flight of 7 Locks and Side PondsGrade II
- Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Bridge Number 2 at Sp600663Grade II
- Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Bridge Number 3 (ball's Bridge) at Sp 597668Grade II
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- Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Lock House, Watford LocksGrade II
- Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Milepost South of Bridge Number 5 at Sp597 673Grade II
- Grand Union Canal Leicester Line Wharf House, Crick WharfGrade II
- Grand Union Canal Little Braunston Bridge Number 4Grade II
- Grand Union Canal Little Braunston Lock at Bridge Number 4Grade II
- Grand Union Canal Long Buckby Wharf Bridge Number 12Grade II
- Grand Union Canal Long Buckby Wharf Milepost Approximately 16 Metres From Lock Number 9Grade II
- Grand Union Canal Mile PostGrade II
- Grand Union Canal Milepost at Norton Junction, Beside Tow Path of Leicester Branch of Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Grand Union Canal Milepost Now at Sp592686 Watford LocksGrade II
- Grand Union Canal North Entrance to Crick TunnelGrade II
- Grand Union Canal South Entrance to Crick TunnelGrade II
- Grand Union Canal West Entrance to Braunston TunnelGrade II
- Grand Union Canal Windlass CottageGrade II
- Milepost at Sp 6120 7904, Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Milepost at Sp 6169 7425, Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Milepost at Sp 6245 8110, Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Milepost Between Bridges 16 and 17, At Sp595 741, Grand Union Canal Leicester LineGrade II
- Milepost South West of Bridge Number 41 at Sp 625821, Grand Union Canal Leicester LineGrade II
- Milespost 3 Metres West of Windlass Cottage by Towpath of Grand Union CanalGrade II
- Oxford Canal Aqueduct Number 96Grade II
- Oxford Canal Bridge Number 95Grade II
- The Old CastleGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBGrand Union and Oxford Canals 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.