About the Offenham Conservation Area
The Offenham Conservation Area covers about 8.2 hectares within Wychavon District Council’s area. Inside the boundary are 26 listed buildings (2 Grade II*, 24 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Mary and St Milburgh, 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.
- 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 Mary and St MilburghGrade II*
- Court FarmhouseGrade II*
- 31, Church StreetGrade II
- Avoncroft FarmhouseGrade II
- Briar Lea Peartree CottageGrade II
- ChillonGrade II
- Coombe Cottage Mercia Cottage Number 3 and Abbots RetreatGrade II
- Dovecote About 10 Metres North of the PrioryGrade II
- Dovecote About 10 Metres South-West of the GrangeGrade II
- GreywallsGrade II
- HalfthatchGrade II
- Little Thatch Cottage Maypole Corner CottageGrade II
- LongthatchGrade II
- Lyndon Cottage and RhoallenGrade II
- Manor CottageGrade II
- Milburgh HouseGrade II
- Monks CottageGrade II
- Offenham War MemorialGrade II
- ThatchwaysGrade II
- The GrangeGrade II
- The MalthouseGrade II
- The MaypoleGrade II
- The Minories and Old TimbersGrade II
- The Old ManorGrade II
Show all 26 listed buildings ↓All 26 listed buildings
- The Old PlaceGrade II
- The PrioryGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBOffenham 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.