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39 conservation areas and 38 Article 4 directions on the official register. If your property is in one, extensions, lofts, cladding, outbuildings and demolition follow stricter rules.
Conservation areas
Backwell Church Town
Designated 1981 · ref. CONSAREA-1
Rules & recordBackwell Farleigh
Designated 1990 · ref. CONSAREA-45
Rules & recordBackwell West Town
Designated 1981 · ref. CONSAREA-3
Rules & recordBanwell
Designated 1976 · ref. CONSAREA-4
Rules & recordBarrow Gurney
Designated 2018 · ref. CONSAREA-47
Rules & recordBeach Lawns
Designated 1998 · ref. CONSAREA-42
Rules & recordBirnbeck
Designated 1984 · ref. CONSAREA-5
Rules & recordBlagdon
Designated 1978 · ref. CONSAREA-6
Rules & recordBoulevard/Montpelier
Designated 1988 · ref. CONSAREA-33
Rules & recordChelvey
Designated 1981 · ref. CONSAREA-7
Rules & recordChriston
Designated 1999 · ref. CONSAREA-43
Rules & recordChurchill
Designated 2020 · ref. CONSAREA-49
Rules & recordClevedon
Designated 1974 · ref. CONSAREA-9
Rules & recordClevedon Triangle
Designated 1981 · ref. CONSAREA-10
Rules & recordCongresbury
Designated 1990 · ref. CONSAREA-11
Rules & recordEllenborough Crescent
Designated 1985 · ref. CONSAREA-12
Rules & recordFelton: Upper Town
Designated 1986 · ref. CONSAREA-13
Rules & recordHutton
Designated 2014 · ref. CONSAREA-46
Rules & recordLeighwoods
Designated 1977 · ref. CONSAREA-14
Rules & recordLong Ashton
Designated 1980 · ref. CONSAREA-15
Rules & recordLong Ashton Westleaze & Wyke and Yanley
Designated 1988 · ref. CONSAREA-16
Rules & recordLower Langford
Designated 1988 · ref. CONSAREA-17
Rules & recordLoxton
Designated 1999 · ref. CONSAREA-44
Rules & recordMelrose/Grove Park
Designated 1980 · ref. CONSAREA-28
Rules & recordMelrose/Grove Park (Extension)
Designated 1989 · ref. CONSAREA-36
Rules & recordNailsea Kingshill
Designated 1981 · ref. CONSAREA-19
Rules & recordPortishead Court Farm Environs
Designated 1981 · ref. CONSAREA-20
Rules & recordPortishead East Wood
Designated 1993 · ref. CONSAREA-21
Rules & recordPortishead West Hill & Welly Bottom
Designated 1992 · ref. CONSAREA-22
Rules & recordPortishead Woodhill Road
Designated 1992 · ref. CONSAREA-23
Rules & recordUphill
Designated 1981 · ref. CONSAREA-24
Rules & recordUphill North
Designated 1984 · ref. CONSAREA-25
Rules & recordWalton-in-Gordano
Designated 1981 · ref. CONSAREA-26
Rules & recordWeston-in-Gordano
Designated 1981 · ref. CONSAREA-27
Rules & recordWeston-super-Mare
Designated 2019 · ref. CONSAREA-48
Rules & recordWorle Village
Designated 1981 · ref. CONSAREA-29
Rules & recordWrington
Designated 1971 · ref. CONSAREA-30
Rules & recordWrington (Extension)
Designated 1990 · ref. CONSAREA-41
Rules & recordYatton
Designated 1985 · ref. CONSAREA-31
Rules & recordWhat 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 North Somerset Council
These remove some permitted development rights in the areas they cover — check whether one applies to your property before you rely on permitted development.
- 11-15 Mayfair Avenue, Nailsea (1) (13 October 1994)
- Agricultural land at Weston-in-Gordano (9 June 1972)
- Banwell Conservation Area (1) (5 February 1980)
- Battery Lane, Portishead (1) (15 November 1995)
- Clevedon (Triangle) Conservation Area (1) (24 March 1982)
- Clevedon (Triangle) Conservation Area (2) (15 November 1985)
- Clevedon Conservation Area (1) (13 October 1976)
- Clevedon Conservation Area (2) (8 October 1980)
- Clevedon Conservation Area (3) (15 November 1985)
- Gordano Valley (1) (6 September 1990)
- Great Weston Conservation Area, Weston-super-Mare (15 September 2022)
- Land adjoining the A.38 at Winscombe (13 November 1968)
- Land adjoining the Bristol - Clevedon Class II County Road (B.3128) (10 September 1959)
- Land adjoining the Bristol - Weston-super-Mare County road A.370 at Cleeve (30 June 1962)
- Land at Abbots Leigh (1) (26 May 1976)
- Land at Abbots Leigh (2) (26 May 1976)
- Land at Backwell (29 October 1975)
- Land at Blackmoor Road, Abbots Leigh (31 March 1967)
- Land at Churchmead Estate, Nailsea (17 January 1968)
- Land at Dundry Down, Dundry (23 November 1965)
- Land at Easton-in-Gordano (1) (13 January 1976)
- Land at Easton-in-Gordano (2) (17 December 1975)
- Land at Elm Farm, Nailsea (24 January 1974)
- Land at Lyefield Road, Worle, Weston-super-Mare (1) (23 July 1980)
- Land at Rose Cottage, Weston-in-Gordano (14 March 1973)
- Land at Smallway, Congresbury (1) (2 April 1996)
- Land at the Junction of Beach Road and Richmond Street, Weston-super-Mare (14 July 1983)
- Land at the Seafront, Weston-super-Mare (21 December 1977)
- Land at Uphill, Weston-super-Mare (21 September 1956)
- Land at Willow Farm, Barton Road, Winscombe (3 April 1968)
- Land at Winford (21 January 1974)
- Land at Woodspring Priory, Kewstoke (23 December 1970)
- Land off Beach Road, Sand Bay, Weston-super-Mare (11 October 1993)
- Leigh Court (1) (3 December 1990)
- Weston-super-Mare (Birnbeck) Conservation area (1) (13 November 1990)
- Weston-super-Mare (Melrose/Grove Park) Conservation area (1) (13 November 1990)
- Winscombe Hill, Winscombe (19 May 1966)
- Wrington Conservation Area (Article 4 and 30) (1) (1 March 1995)
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.