About the ANCHORAGE ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD Conservation Area
The ANCHORAGE ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD Conservation Area covers about 14 hectares and was designated by Birmingham City Council in 1992. Inside the boundary are 11 listed buildings (1 Grade II*, 10 Grade II). The most significant is Moat House, Grade II*. 12 Tree Preservation Order records overlap the area; every other tree here still needs six weeks’ notice before work.
What changes inside the conservation area
Conservation areas are “Article 2(3) land”. You keep most permitted development rights, but these are removed or tightened.
- Rear extensionElsewhere: 3 m · 6 m with PANo 6 m / 8 m prior approval
- Two-storey extensionElsewhere: 3 mNeeds planning permission
- Side extensionElsewhere: Half the widthNeeds planning permission
- Loft conversionElsewhere: 50 m³Needs planning permission
- Garden roomElsewhere: 2.5 m high by boundariesNot beside the house
- PorchElsewhere: 3 m²Same limits
- Solar panelsElsewhere: 0.2 m projectionSame limits
- Air source heat pumpElsewhere: 1 unitNot facing the road
- Fences, walls and gatesElsewhere: 2 m · 1 m by a roadSame limits
- External claddingElsewhere: Matching materialsNeeds planning permission
- Tree workElsewhere: No notice6 weeks’ notice to the council
- Demolition (over 115 m³)Elsewhere: AllowedNeeds planning permission
Limits for a semi-detached house under the GPDO 2015. An Article 4 direction can remove more.
Article 4 directions here
These overlap the conservation area. Householder directions remove more of the rights above; change-of-use ones don’t affect extending a house.
- CITY WIDE HMOChange of use
Listed buildings in the conservation area
Any work affecting these needs listed building consent, inside or out. Each links to its entry on the National Heritage List.
- Moat HouseGrade II*
- 12, Mulroy RoadGrade II
- 14, Anchorage RoadGrade II
- 22, Anchorage RoadGrade II
- 24, Anchorage RoadGrade II
- 26, Lichfield RoadGrade II
- 5 and 7, Anchorage RoadGrade II
- 85, Lichfield RoadGrade II
- Church HallGrade II
- Front Block of Bishop Vesey's Grammar SchoolGrade II
- School of ArtGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
The council’s appraisal
PDFANCHORAGE ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD Conservation Area AppraisalBirmingham City Council’s description of the area’s character — what planners look at when you apply.Open on council site ↗Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Birmingham City Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.