About the Churchill Conservation Area
The Churchill Conservation Area covers about 32 hectares and was designated by West Oxfordshire District Council in 1998. Inside the boundary are 30 listed buildings (1 Grade II*, 29 Grade II). The most significant is Church of All Saints, 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.
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.
- Mount FarmChange of use
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 II*
- 1 and 2, The SquareGrade II
- Barn Approximately 30 Metres North East of Hacker's HouseGrade II
- Castell Memorial Approximately 8 Metres South of Old ChurchGrade II
- Church Cottage and Ferryman's HouseGrade II
- Churchyard Wall, Church of St JamesGrade II
- Corner HouseGrade II
- Former Village School (girls) and Church HallGrade II
- Fountain House and West CottageGrade II
- Gables CottageGrade II
- Gateway Approximately 25 Metres South East of South East Corner of Old Church and Gateway in Old ChurchyardGrade II
- GreystoneGrade II
- Hacker's HouseGrade II
- Hacker's House CottageGrade II
- Haughton HouseGrade II
- Langston Memorial FountainGrade II
- Old ChurchGrade II
- Old Woolmans HouseGrade II
- Pair of Bale Tombs and One Chest Tomb Approximately 7-9 Metres North of Old ChurchGrade II
- Pair of Chest Tombs Approximately 1.5 Metres East of Old ChurchGrade II
- Pair of Table Tombs Approximately 5 Metres South of Old ChurchGrade II
- South MountGrade II
- Sunnybank and Rose CottageGrade II
- The ChequersGrade II
Show all 30 listed buildings ↓All 30 listed buildings
- The GablesGrade II
- Village War MemorialGrade II
- Warren Hastings House and Hastings Hill HouseGrade II
- Well EndGrade II
- William Smith MemorialGrade II
- Yarrow and the Thatched CottageGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBChurchill Conservation Area AppraisalWest Oxfordshire District 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 Oxfordshire District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.