About the Savile Park Conservation Area
The Savile Park Conservation Area covers about 113 hectares and was designated by Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in 2005. Inside the boundary are 17 listed buildings, all Grade II. 490 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.
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.
- Abbott's Ladies HomeGrade II
- Abbott's Ladies HomeGrade II
- Abbott's Ladies HomeGrade II
- Abbott's Ladies HomeGrade II
- Abbott's Ladies HomeGrade II
- Abbott's Ladies HomeGrade II
- Abbott's Ladies HouseGrade II
- Church of St JudeGrade II
- Crossley and Porter SchoolGrade II
- Drinking FountainGrade II
- Former Heath Grammar School and associated drill shed, fives court and boundary wall and entrance gateway fronting Free School LaneGrade II
- Lodge, Boundary Wall and Gateway at Royal Halifax InfirmaryGrade II
- Retaining Wall and Boundary Wall at Royal Halifax InfirmaryGrade II
- Royal Halifax Infirmary Blocks 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 08, 10, 20, 22, 35, 38Grade II
- Statue of Prince Consort in Heath ParkGrade II
- The Lodge at Abbot's Ladies HomeGrade II
- Walls and Gates to Abbott's Ladies HomeGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBSavile Park 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.