About the Worcester and Birmingham Canal Conservation Area
The Worcester and Birmingham Canal Conservation Area covers about 31 hectares within Bromsgrove District Council’s area. Inside the boundary are 41 listed buildings, all 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.
ProjectElsewhereIn Worcester and Birmingham Canal CA
- 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.
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.
- Plymouth HouseGrade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Bridge Number 55Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Canal Bridge (between Locks 44 and 45)Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Canal Bridge (between Locks 49 and 50)Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Canal Bridge About 100 Metres West South West of Lock 58Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Canal Bridge Number 49 (between Lock Numbers 30 and 31)Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Canal Bridge Number 50 (between Locks 35 and 36)Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Cottage at Lock 58, Tardebigge FlightGrade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 29Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 30Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 31Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 32Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 33Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 34Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 35Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 36Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 37Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 38Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 39Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 40Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 41Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 42Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 43Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 44Grade II
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- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 45Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 46Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 47Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 48Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 49Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 50Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 51Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 52Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 53Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 54Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 55Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 56Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 57Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Number 58 Including Side Pond Retaining Wall and Sluice Immediately SouthGrade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Stoke Pound Bridge (number 48)Grade II
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, The Old Engine HouseGrade II
- Workshops About 75 Metres South West of South Porch of Tardbigge TunnelGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBWorcester and Birmingham Canal Conservation Area AppraisalBromsgrove District 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 Bromsgrove District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.