About the Kings Cross St Pancras Conservation Area
The Kings Cross St Pancras Conservation Area covers about 44 hectares and was designated by London Borough of Camden in 1994. Inside the boundary are 42 listed buildings (3 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 37 Grade II). The most significant is Kings Cross Station, Grade I. 1 Article 4 direction over the area removes further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below.
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.
- BasementsHouseholder works
- Commercial, Business, and Service (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) (in CAZ)Change 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.
- Kings Cross StationGrade I
- St Pancras Station and Former Midland Grand HotelGrade I
- Tomb of Sir John Soane, His Wife and Son in St Pancras Old Church GardensGrade I
- Burdett-Coutts Memorial SundialGrade II*
- Old Church of St PancrasGrade II*
- 173-179, Kings Cross RoadGrade II
- 18-41, CHARRINGTON STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 20-25, Medburn StreetGrade II
- 26-29, Medburn StreetGrade II
- 26-39, Goldington StreetGrade II
- 295 AND 297, PENTONVILLE ROAD (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 5 to 16, Goldington CrescentGrade II
- 75, Wicklow StreetGrade II
- 9-19, Medburn StreetGrade II
- Big Chill HouseGrade II
- Camden Town HallGrade II
- Cattle trough opposite end of Royal College StreetGrade II
- Court Building, St Pancras Coroner's CourtGrade II
- Derby Lodge, Formerly Derby Buildings, Flats 37-102Grade II
- Derby Lodge, Formerly Derby Buildings, Flats Numbers 1-36Grade II
- Drinking Fountain Approximately 36 Metres North West of Church in St Pancras Old Church GardensGrade II
- Former German Gymnasium and libraryGrade II
- Great Northern Hotel and Attached RailingsGrade II
- K6 telephone kiosk outside St Pancras StationGrade II
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- Number 59 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- Numbers 1-7 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- Numbers 1-7 and Attached Railings Including Midland Hotel (numbers 2-5) and Clifton Hotel (number 7)Grade II
- Numbers 13 and 14 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- Numbers 20 and 21 and Railings to AreasGrade II
- Numbers 42-65 and Railings to AreasGrade II
- Pancras Road ArchesGrade II
- Six Bollards South East of Junction With Wellers CourtGrade II
- St Pancras Old Church Garden Gates and Railings to Road FrontageGrade II
- Stanley Buildings, Flats Numbers 21-30Grade II
- Tomb of Abraham Woodhead in St Pancras Old Church GardensGrade II
- Tomb of John Flaxman and Family in St Pancras Old Church GardensGrade II
- Tomb of Mary Basnett in St Pancras Old Church GardensGrade II
- Tomb of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and Mary Jane Godwin, St Pancras Old Church GardensGrade II
- Tomb of Sir Thomas Webb in St Pancras Old Church GardensGrade II
- Unidentified Tomb in St Pancras Old Church GardenGrade II
- Unidentified Tomb in St Pancras Old Church GardensGrade II
- Willing House and Attached Wall With RailingsGrade 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
WEBKings Cross St Pancras Conservation Area AppraisalLondon Borough of Camden’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 London Borough of Camden and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.