We use cookies to improve your experience. By viewing our content you are accepting the use of cookies. Read about cookies we use. Information about conservation areas, and how we conserve and improve areas of character. There are now 44 conservation areas in West Norfolk. They range from large conservation areas covering the older parts of central King's Lynn, to the conservation area at Burnham Overy Mills covering a small group of important buildings on the North Coast.
To see if you're in a conservation area, you can view the conservation area boundaries on a map, using our MyNearest facility. Please enter your postcode, select 'Planning' and then 'Conservation Areas'. View conservation area boundaries.
We have published Conservation Area Character Statements for the areas below. Each Character Statement in our table gives information about the conservation area, including:. Any new development in a conservation area will need to be of a high standard. It will need to fit in with the character of the area, and we will give special attention to this.
We'll also give the same considerations to more minor proposals, such as extensions. These can spoil the appearance of a conservation area unless carefully handled. We also place importance on the quality of:. This means that any external alterations to buildings must have planning permission before the work is carried out. This includes:. There are other Article 4 Areas within the borough and these can be found using MyNearest section of our website.
Please enter your postcode, select 'Planning' and then 'Article 4 areas'. For further information please see our Trees in conservation areas page. For further information, please visit Historic England , or visit the Planning Portal conservation areas webpage. We also have a guidance leaflet, ' The effects of conservation area designation '.
