About the Ombersley Conservation Area
The Ombersley Conservation Area covers about 22 hectares within Wychavon District Council’s area. Inside the boundary are 57 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 4 Grade II*, 52 Grade II). The most significant is Ombersley Court, 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 Ombersley 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.
- Ombersley CourtGrade I
- Church of St AndrewGrade II*
- Sandys Mausoleum About 75 Yards South-West of the Church of St AndrewGrade II*
- Stable Block About 100 Yards North of Ombersley CourtGrade II*
- The Dower HouseGrade II*
- 1 and 2 Park CottagesGrade II
- 3, 4 and 5 Park CottagesGrade II
- Amphlett Memorial About 6 Yards West of the Sandys MausoleumGrade II
- Amphlett Memorial About 7 Yards South-West of the Sandys MemorialGrade II
- Blundells Rattonby HouseGrade II
- Bourne Family Headstone About 5 Yards East of the Churchyard CrossGrade II
- BrandonsGrade II
- Canada HouseGrade II
- Chest Tomb About 10 Yards West of the Sandys MausoleumGrade II
- Chest Tomb About 15 Yards South of the Sandys MausoleumGrade II
- Church TerraceGrade II
- Church Villa (everton's Stores and Checkett's Butchers Shop)Grade II
- Churchyard Cross About 12 Yards East of the Sandys MausoleumGrade II
- Churchyard wall, railings and gates to The Church Of St AndrewGrade II
- CresswellsGrade II
- Crown And Sandys HotelGrade II
- Domestic Outbuilding About 140 Yards North of Ombersley CourtGrade II
- Filmer HouseGrade II
- Gate Piers and Adjoining Front Wall to the Dower HouseGrade II
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- Gate Piers, Adjoining Walls and Stable Block About 14 Yards South-East of the VicarageGrade II
- Grafton Cottage Myrtle CottageGrade II
- Grafton HouseGrade II
- Ice House About 150 Yards South-West of Ombersley CourtGrade II
- K6 Telephone Kiosk North North West of Church VillaGrade II
- King's Arms Public HouseGrade II
- Leigh House and The StorksGrade II
- Old School HouseGrade II
- Ombersley War MemorialGrade II
- Pardoe Memorial About 20 Yards North-West of the Sandys MausoleumGrade II
- Pedestal Tomb About 10 Yards North of the Sandys MausoleumGrade II
- Pedestal Tomb About 8 Yards South-East of the Churchyard CrossGrade II
- Raymond HouseGrade II
- Redmarley HouseGrade II
- Shaw Memorial Immediately East of the Sandys MausoleumGrade II
- Shrubbery HouseGrade II
- Stirline HouseGrade II
- Styles FarmhouseGrade II
- The Malt HouseGrade II
- The Old RectoryGrade II
- The Thatched CottageGrade II
- The Venture InnGrade II
- Tolley Memorial About 15 Yards East of the Church of St AndrewGrade II
- Tresco and The GraftersGrade II
- Vine CottageGrade II
- Walled garden and attached glasshouse at Ombersley CourtGrade II
- Walls, Gate Piers and Gates to Ombersley Court (north Entrance)Grade II
- Watkins Memorial About 15 Yards North-East of the Sandys MausoleumGrade II
- Watkins Memorial About 20 Yards North-East of the Sandys MemorialGrade II
- Wellington HouseGrade II
- Wheeler Memorial About 9 Yards South-East of the Sandys MausoleumGrade II
- Winnall Memorial About 11 Yards South-West of the Sandys MausoleumGrade II
- Winnall Memorial About 12 Yards South-West of Sandys MausoleumGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBOmbersley 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.