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South EastConservation areas in Vale of White Horse District Council
54 conservation areas and 0 Article 4 directions on the official register. If your property is in one, extensions, lofts, cladding, outbuildings and demolition follow stricter rules.
Conservation areas
Abingdon - Albert Park Conservation Area
Designated 1975 · ref. AAP
Rules & recordAbingdon - Northcourt Conservation Area
Designated 1978 · ref. ABN
Rules & recordAbingdon Town Centre Conservation Area
Designated 1968 · ref. ATC
Rules & recordAppleton Conservation Area
Designated 1969 · ref. APT
Rules & recordArdington and East Lockinge Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. ADT
Rules & recordAshbury Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. ASH
Rules & recordBaulking Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. BAU
Rules & recordBlewbury Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. BLE
Rules & recordBourton Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. BOU
Rules & recordBuckland Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. BUC
Rules & recordBuscot Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. BUS
Rules & recordCharney Bassett Conservation Area
Designated 1978 · ref. CHB
Rules & recordChildrey Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. CHD
Rules & recordColeshill Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. COL
Rules & recordConisbrough
Designated 1974 · ref. 1050
Rules & recordCumnor Conservation Area
Designated 1969 · ref. CUM
Rules & recordDenchworth Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. DEN
Rules & recordDrayton Conservation Area
Designated 1969 · ref. DRT
Rules & recordEast Hanney Conservation Area
Designated 1978 · ref. EHN
Rules & recordEast Hendred Conservation Area
Designated 1968 · ref. EHE
Rules & recordFaringdon Conservation Area
Designated 1969 · ref. GFA
Rules & recordFyfield and Netherton Conservation Area
Designated 1969 · ref. FYF
Rules & recordGoosey Conservation Area
Designated 1990 · ref. GOO
Rules & recordGreat Coxwell Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. GCO
Rules & recordGrove Conservation Area
Designated 1984 · ref. GRO
Rules & recordHarwell Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. HAW
Rules & recordHatford Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. HAT
Rules & recordHinton Waldrist Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. HIN
Rules & recordIdstone Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. IDS
Rules & recordKingston Bagpuize Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. KBA
Rules & recordKingston Lisle Conservation Area
Designated 1990 · ref. KLI
Rules & recordLetcombe Bassett
Designated 1970 · ref. 2305
Rules & recordLetcombe Bassett and Regis Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. LBA
Rules & recordLetcombe Regis
Designated 1970 · ref. 2304
Rules & recordLittle Coxwell Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. LCO
Rules & recordLittleworth Conservation Area
Designated 1991 · ref. LIT
Rules & recordLongworth Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. LWO
Rules & recordMarcham Conservation Area
Designated 1969 · ref. MRC
Rules & recordMilton Conservation Area
Designated 1969 · ref. MLT
Rules & recordNorth Hinksey Conservation Area
Designated 1969 · ref. NHI
Rules & recordPusey Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. PUS
Rules & recordShellingford Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. SHF
Rules & recordShrivenham Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. SHV
Rules & recordSparsholt Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. SPA
Rules & recordStanford in the Vale Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. STN
Rules & recordSteventon Conservation Area
Designated 1969 · ref. STV
Rules & recordSutton Courtenay Conservation Area
Designated 1969 · ref. SUT
Rules & recordUffington Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. UFF
Rules & recordWantage - Charlton Conservation Area
Designated 1984 · ref. WCH
Rules & recordWantage Town Centre Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. WTC
Rules & recordWest Hanney Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. WHN
Rules & recordWest Hendred Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. WEH
Rules & recordWoolstone Conservation Area
Designated 1971 · ref. WLS
Rules & recordWytham Conservation Area
Designated 1970 · ref. WYT
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.
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.