Our conservation areas are special and varied.
- most of them are small, rural settlements
- they are special because of their character and the way the houses, cottages, walls, churches, farms and other buildings are built
- they are also special because of the way man-made features (buildings and walls) relate to the natural landscape (like village greens, becks, ponds, trees, hedges and other distinctive features)
How does living in a conservation area affect me?
When you live in a conservation area, it means you often need planning permission for certain things. This is to preserve or enhance the character of the area.
It’s likely that you will need planning permission for:
- cladding any part of the outside of your home
- demolishing an unlisted building
- alterations to your roof, that change the shape (for example, dormer windows)
- extensions above 50 m3
Living in a conservation area also means:
- planning applications are given more publicity to make sure they preserve and enhance the area
- you need to tell us before you carry out any work to trees
- there are more restrictions about displaying advertisements
The law is complicated, but we are here to help you. Before you start any building work in a conservation area, you should consult our planning services team.
Where are our conservation areas?
We have 46 conservation areas in Ryedale.
Aislaby (pdf / 310 KB)
Allerston (pdf / 525 KB)
Ampleforth (pdf / 566 KB)
Appleton-le-Moors (pdf / 2 MB)
Barton-le-Street (pdf / 286 KB)
Barton-le-Willows (pdf / 282 KB)
Bulmer (pdf / 318 KB)
Claxton (pdf / 297 KB)
Cold Kirby
Coneysthorpe (pdf / 287 KB)
Flaxton (pdf / 407 KB)
Gillamoor (pdf / 291 KB)
Harome (pdf / 350 KB)
Hawnby
Helmsley (pdf / 1 MB)
Howsham (pdf / 274 KB)
Hovingham (pdf / 384 KB)
Hutton-le-Hole
Kirkbymoorside (pdf / 1 MB)
Langton (pdf / 312 KB)
Lastingham
Levisham
Lockton
Malton (Old Town) (pdf / 758 KB)
Malton (town centre) (pdf / 2 MB)
Marton (pdf / 353 KB)
Middleton (pdf / 329 KB)
Norton-on-Derwent (pdf / 2 MB)
Nunnington (pdf / 356 KB)
Old Byland
Oswaldkirk (pdf / 331 KB)
Pickering (Keld Head) (pdf / 140 KB)
Pickering (town centre) (pdf / 2 MB)
Rievaulx
Rosedale Abbey
Sand Hutton (pdf / 350 KB)
Settrington (pdf / 445 KB)
Sheriff Hutton (pdf / 661 KB)
Sinnington (pdf / 405 KB)
Slingsby (pdf / 430 KB)
Terrington (pdf / 342 KB)
Thornton Dale (pdf / 334 KB)
Welburn (pdf / 297 KB)
Westow (pdf / 321 KB)
Wintringham (pdf / 293 KB)
Wombleton (pdf / 317 KB)