About the DIGBETH, DERITEND AND BORDESLEY HIGH STREETS Conservation Area
The DIGBETH, DERITEND AND BORDESLEY HIGH STREETS Conservation Area covers about 29 hectares and was designated by Birmingham City Council in 2000. Inside the boundary are 12 listed buildings (2 Grade II*, 10 Grade II). The most significant is The Listed Building (formerly Floodgate School), Digbeth Campus, South Birmingham College, Grade II*. Part of the area lies in flood zone 3, so an extension may need a flood risk assessment.
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.
- The Listed Building (formerly Floodgate School), Digbeth Campus, South Birmingham CollegeGrade II*
- The Old Crown Public HouseGrade II*
- 224 and 225, High Street B12Grade II
- 58, Oxford StreetGrade II
- 85, Digbeth B5Grade II
- Devonshire HouseGrade II
- Former chapel to St Edmunds Boys HomeGrade II
- Former Ice Factory and Cold StoreGrade II
- Gentlemen's UrinalGrade II
- Old Moor Street StationGrade II
- Rtp CrispsGrade II
- St Basil's Centre For Detached Youth WorkGrade II
The council’s appraisal
PDFDIGBETH, DERITEND AND BORDESLEY HIGH STREETS 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.