Conservation areas

Conservation areas are areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance.  They are designated by the Council and include town centres, villages, and residential areas.

If you wish to make changes to a property or develop land within a conservation area, you should check with the Council what restrictions may be in place before starting works.  Land and property within a conservation area may have extra planning restrictions in place in order to protect the character of the area.

Warwick District contains 29 conservation areas. These are periodically reviewed to ensure they remain appropriate and all areas have been subject to a review since 2003.

A plan showing the boundary of each area can be downloaded from the list at the bottom of this page. You can also check whether a property is in a conservation area by entering the address or postcode and selecting Planning and Development from the options listed.

Conservation Area Advice and Publications 

The Council has produced a number of documents that give advice to owners of properties in conservation areas. General advice can be found within Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas (226kb, PDF) and Historic Buildings: A Development Guide (1.6MB, PDF).

The Council have also prepared more specific guidance for the Urban Conservation Areas of Royal Leamington Spa, Warwick, Kenilworth and Whitnash. This document is available as a full colour document to purchase for £10 from the Council Offices, or you can purchase online and we can send you a copy by post for £15.  Alternatively, you can download a copy free of charge below.  The document has been split into several pdf files and they are large files so may take some time to download.

• A Guide to Conservation Areas - Royal Leamington Spa Part 1 (1.5MB, PDF)
• Urban Conservation Areas - Royal Leamington Spa Part 2 (2.7MB, PDF)
• Urban Conservation Areas - Royal Leamington Spa Part 3 (3.8MB, PDF)  
• A Guide to Conservation Areas - Warwick Part 1 (880kb, PDF)
• Urban Conservation Areas - Warwick Part 2 (1.3MB, PDF)
• Urban Conservation Areas - Warwick Part 3 (1.3MB, PDF)
• A Guide to Conservation Areas - Whitnash (580kb, PDF)  
• A Guide to Conservation Areas - Kenilworth (1.5MB, PDF) 

In addition, there are free advice leaflets for each of the rural conservation areas which are available from the Council Offices and can be downloaded below.

• Ashow Conservation Area (215KB PDF)
• Baginton Conservation Area (283.05 PDF)
• Barford Conservation Area (1.13MB PDF)
• Bishops Tachbrook Conservation Area (223KB PDF)
• Bubbenhall Conservation Area (294.17KB PDF)
• Cubbington Conservation Area (264KB PDF)
• Eathorpe Conservation Area (377.20KB PDF)
• Kenilworth and Kenilworth St. Johns Conservation Areas (1.44 MB, PDF) Please note this is a large file and may take some time to download 
• Lapworth Conservation Area (1.07MB PDF)
• Leamington Spa (including Lillington) Conservation Areas (2.4 MB, PDF) Please note that this is a large file and may take some time to download
• Leek Wootton Conservation Area (896KB PDF) 
• Lowsonford Conservation Area (186KB PDF)
• Norton Lindsey Conservation Area (218KB PDF)
• Offchurch Conservation Area (230KB PDF)
• Rowington Conservation Area (230KB PDF)
• Sherbourne Conservation Area (259.18KB PDF)
• Stoneleigh Conservation Area (1.12MB PDF)
• Wappenbury Conservation Area (429KB PDF)
• Warwick Conservation Area (553kb, PDF) Please note that the Warwick Conservation Area was extended to cover Warwick Racecourse, Hampton Street and Warwick Common in April 2010.
• Wasperton Conservation Area (316 KB PDF)
• Whitnash Conservation Areas (Church Green and Chapel Green) (376kb, PDF)
• Wroxall Conservation Area (595KB PDF)

For more information concerning conservation areas, please call 01926 412717 (please note that this will take you through to our contact centre who are trained to deal with Conservation enquiries) or email conservation@warwickdc.gov.uk.

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