About the Brookwood Cemetery Conservation Area
The Brookwood Cemetery Conservation Area covers about 146 hectares within Woking Borough Council’s area. Inside the boundary are 18 listed buildings (1 Grade II*, 17 Grade II). The most significant is Tomb of Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton (1836-1907), Brookwood Cemetery, 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.
- Tomb of Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton (1836-1907), Brookwood CemeteryGrade II*
- American Military ChapelGrade II
- Bent Family MemorialGrade II
- Drake Family MausoleumGrade II
- Entrance Walls 160 Yards South of American Military ChapelGrade II
- Flagpole 60 Yards South East of American Military ChapelGrade II
- Freshfield Family GraveGrade II
- Headstone to John Singer Sargent 1856 to 1925Grade II
- Headstone to Sir Samuel Luke FildesGrade II
- The Brookwood MemorialGrade II
- The ColumbariumGrade II
- Tomb of Dr Gottlieb William Leitner 1840 to 1899Grade II
- Tomb of Elaine Maynard Falkiner Nee Farmer 1871 to 1900Grade II
- Tomb of Guilio SalviatiGrade II
- Tomb of Henri Van Laun 1819 to 1896Grade II
- Tomb of Lieutenant Rex Moir (died 1915) and Sir Ernest William Moir (1862-1933)Grade II
- Tomb of William and Evelyn De MorganGrade II
- Vickers Family GraveGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBBrookwood Cemetery Conservation Area AppraisalWoking Borough 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 Woking Borough Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.