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11 conservation areas and 10 Article 4 directions on the official register. If your property is in one, extensions, lofts, cladding, outbuildings and demolition follow stricter rules.
Conservation areas
Atherstone
Designated 1995 · ref. CA01
Rules & recordCaldecote
Designated 2023 · ref. CA02
Rules & recordColeshill
Designated 1969 · ref. CA03
Rules & recordColeshill (Coventry Road)
Designated 1995 · ref. CA04
Rules & recordFillongley
Designated 1970 · ref. CA05
Rules & recordKingsbury
Designated 1983 · ref. CA06
Rules & recordMancetter
Designated 1983 · ref. CA07
Rules & recordNewton Regis
Designated 1981 · ref. CA08
Rules & recordPolesworth
Designated 1995 · ref. CA09
Rules & recordWater Orton
Designated 2024 · ref. CA10
Rules & recordWatling Street Bridge
Official record · ref. 4336
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 Warwickshire Borough 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.
- Appleby Hill, Austrey (11 November 1983)
- Borough wide (2 March 2026)
- Land at Mancetter (10 May 1979)
- Land off Mill Lane, Fillongley, Warwickshire - Direction No 1 2004 (17 February 2005)
- Land off Mill Lane, Fillongley, Warwickshire - Direction No 2 2004 (17 February 2005)
- Land situated between the A4097 Kingsbury Road and the Birmingham-Fazeley Canal (1 March 1994)
- Land situated to the east of the A446 Lichfield Road and north-west of the Birmingham-Fazeley canal (1 March 1994)
- Polesworth Working Men's Club and Institute, High Street, Polesworth (25 January 1982)
- The Bungalow, Parsonage Farm, Great Packington (22 June 1982)
- Water Orton Station and Former School at Attleboro Lane (19 June 2023)
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.