About the Heptonstall Conservation Area
The Heptonstall Conservation Area covers about 10 hectares and was designated by Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in 1971. Inside the boundary are 58 listed buildings (3 Grade II*, 55 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Thomas, Grade II*. 1 Article 4 direction over the area removes further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below. 104 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.
- 22 West Laithe, Heptonstall.Householder works
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.
- Church of St ThomasGrade II*
- Church of St Thomas A' BecketGrade II*
- Wesleyan Methodist ChapelGrade II*
- 1-11, West LaitheGrade II
- 1-8, Silver StreetGrade II
- 1, 2 and 3, Wadsworth ViewGrade II
- 11/13, Town GateGrade II
- 12 and 26, Town GateGrade II
- 13, 16, 18, 20 and 22, West LaitheGrade II
- 13/15, NorthgateGrade II
- 14, Smithwell LaneGrade II
- 15, Smithwell LaneGrade II
- 15/17, Town GateGrade II
- 16/18 Church Lane (church Yard Bottom)Grade II
- 17, 19, 21 and 23, Smithwell LaneGrade II
- 2-18, Church StreetGrade II
- 2, 3 and 4, Swan FoldGrade II
- 2, 4, 6 8/10 and 12, Smithwell LaneGrade II
- 20-26, Church StreetGrade II
- 28, 30 and 32, NorthgateGrade II
- 40 and 42, NorthgateGrade II
- 48, Town GateGrade II
- 5 and 7, NorthgateGrade II
- 5-13, Smithwell LaneGrade II
Show all 58 listed buildings ↓All 58 listed buildings
- 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12, NorthfieldGrade II
- Bank CottageGrade II
- Barn 10 metres to north of Whitehall FarmhouseGrade II
- Barn 10 Metres to West of Number 42Grade II
- Barn Attached to Number 2Grade II
- Chantry HouseGrade II
- Cloth HallGrade II
- Cross InnGrade II
- Flat 1 and Flat 2, 41 Town GateGrade II
- Furley HouseGrade II
- Gateway and Stone Steps and Outbuilding Attached to South West of Heptonstall Grammar School MuseumGrade II
- Gateway Attached to Number 7 and Stables at Right AnglesGrade II
- Gateway to Churchyard Attached to Number 41Grade II
- Heptonstall Grammar School MuseumGrade II
- Jasmine Cottage and Attached ArchwayGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- Lily HallGrade II
- LitherstoneGrade II
- Longfield House Including Wall to North Front With RailingsGrade II
- Number 53 and Attached Wall to South East Containing Former Gateway to ChurchyardGrade II
- Numbers 1 and 4 Lane Head HouseGrade II
- Numbers 16, 18, 20 and 22 Including Railings to FrontGrade II
- Numbers 24, 26, 28 and 28a Including Railings to FrontGrade II
- Royd Farmhouse and Attached BarnGrade II
- Single Part of Stocks 5 Metres to East of Stocks VillasGrade II
- Stag Cottage and Basement Lock UpGrade II
- Star Chamber Farmhouse and Attached Barn to WestGrade II
- Stoodley ViewGrade II
- Sweet Briar CottageGrade II
- The VicarageGrade II
- Walls, Railings and Gateway to Church of St Thomas A BecketGrade II
- White Lion Public HouseGrade II
- Whitehall ArchwayGrade II
- Whitehall FarmhouseGrade 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
WEBHeptonstall Conservation Area AppraisalCalderdale Metropolitan Borough 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 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.