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26 conservation areas and 26 Article 4 directions on the official register. If your property is in one, extensions, lofts, cladding, outbuildings and demolition follow stricter rules.
Conservation areas
Ashlett Creek
Designated 2009 · ref. CONA01
Rules & recordBank
Designated 2008 · ref. CONA02
Rules & recordBeaulieu
Designated 2009 · ref. CONA03
Rules & recordBrockenhurst
Designated 2009 · ref. CONA06
Rules & recordBucklers Hard
Designated 2009 · ref. CONA08
Rules & recordBurley
Designated 2009 · ref. CONA09
Rules & recordExbury
Designated 2009 · ref. CONA12
Rules & recordForest Central (North)
Designated 2008 · ref. CONA15
Rules & recordForest Central (South)
Designated 2008 · ref. CONA16
Rules & recordForest North East
Designated 2008 · ref. CONA18
Rules & recordForest South East
Designated 2008 · ref. CONA17
Rules & recordFritham
Designated 2009 · ref. CONA13
Rules & recordKeyhaven
Designated 2009 · ref. CONA24
Rules & recordLyndhurst
Designated 2008 · ref. CONA27
Rules & recordSwan Green
Designated 2009 · ref. CONA35
Rules & recordSway Tower
Designated 2009 · ref. CONA36
Rules & recordThe Weirs
Designated 2009 · ref. CONA38
Rules & recordAlso on the register: -1.480799 50.822752, -1.544024 50.901376, -1.576057 50.822621, -1.575133 50.865871, -1.60226 50.905025, -1.580347 50.940828, -1.710941 50.847047, -1.770201 50.926548, -1.760203 50.961789.
What a conservation area changes
Extensions
Side extensions, and rear extensions of more than one storey, are not permitted development — they need planning permission. Single-storey rear extensions keep their normal limits, but the Larger Home Extension prior-approval route is not available.
Lofts and roofs
Roof extensions such as dormers are not permitted development. Rooflights are usually fine if they don't project more than 15 cm.
Cladding
Cladding the outside of a house in stone, artificial stone, pebble dash, render, timber, plastic or tiles needs planning permission.
Outbuildings
Garden rooms, sheds and other outbuildings to the side of the house need planning permission.
Demolition
Demolishing a building larger than 115 m³ needs planning permission. Taking down a wall, gate or fence over 1 m high next to a road (or 2 m elsewhere) also needs permission.
Trees
You must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting down or pruning most trees (trunk over 7.5 cm across at 1.5 m high), even if they are not protected by a tree preservation order.
Article 4 directions
Councils can remove more permitted development rights — for example for windows, doors, porches or front boundaries — with an Article 4 direction. Check the council's list below.
Article 4 directions in New Forest National Park Authority
These remove some permitted development rights in the areas they cover — check whether one applies to your property before you rely on permitted development.
- 263 Woodlands Road (25 August 1976)
- Bransgore House (14 February 1966)
- Forest Lane Farm (1 December 1975)
- Hovercraft in the Solent (19 November 1971)
- Land adj A36 (6 September 2010)
- Land Adj A36 (6 September 2010)
- Land Adj A36 (6 September 2010)
- Land at Bashley (3 February 1976)
- Land at Cottage Plantation (13 July 1987)
- Land at Football Green (2 November 1973)
- Land at Forest Lane Farm (8 June 1976)
- Land at Hatchet Green (12 February 1986)
- Land at Holmsley, South Aerodrome (8 June 1976)
- Land at Ogdens Valley (22 February 1979)
- Land at Rockford Farm (21 February 2012)
- Land at Rockford Farm (21 February 2012)
- Land between 154 and 160 Woodlands Road (10 April 1975)
- Land in Avon Valley (19 June 1982)
- Land off School Lane (20 July 1974)
- Land off Tilebarn Lane (20 January 1989)
- Land South of A336 Ringwood Road (3 November 2020)
- Land to the East of Cove Copse Farm (9 February 2012)
- Land to the East of Cove Copse Farm (9 February 2012)
- Margarets Mead (23 May 1978)
- New Forest National Park Boundary (17 October 2023)
- New Forest National Park Boundary (20 September 2021)
Conservation area and Article 4 data: planning.data.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always confirm boundaries and rules with the council before starting work. General information, not legal advice.