About the Elmley Castle Conservation Area
The Elmley Castle Conservation Area covers about 12 hectares within Wychavon District Council’s area. Inside the boundary are 37 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 36 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Mary, Grade I.
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 Elmley Castle 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 MaryGrade I
- 1, Mill LaneGrade II
- Barn Adjacent to Magnolia HouseGrade II
- Bennetts CottageGrade II
- Blizzards CottageGrade II
- Bridge CottageGrade II
- BrooksideGrade II
- Cottage North of Drakely Cottage Drakely Cottage Grooms CottageGrade II
- Cottage Occupied by KnottGrade II
- Cowper CottageGrade II
- Former Barn to Ivy Cottage to the North of the OutbuildingGrade II
- Georgian Cottage Street HouseGrade II
- Hill CottageGrade II
- Ivy CottageGrade II
- Manor Farm CottagesGrade II
- Manor FarmhouseGrade II
- Mill CottageGrade II
- Norgrove CottageGrade II
- Old Police StationGrade II
- Old Post OfficeGrade II
- Old VicarageGrade II
- Outbuilding Adjoining Ivy Cottage on the NorthGrade II
- Outbuildings to Manor FarmGrade II
- Park CottageGrade II
Show all 37 listed buildings ↓All 37 listed buildings
- Plough InnGrade II
- Queen Elizabeth I Arms Public HouseGrade II
- Rosemary CottageGrade II
- Sundial in the ChurchyardGrade II
- The CloistersGrade II
- The CottageGrade II
- The Old CollegeGrade II
- The Old MillGrade II
- The Old SmithyGrade II
- The Red CottageGrade II
- Village CrossGrade II
- Village HallGrade II
- Wall at the Old CollegeGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBElmley Castle Conservation Area AppraisalWychavon 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 Wychavon District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.