About the Spon Street Conservation Area
The Spon Street Conservation Area covers about 4.8 hectares and was designated by Coventry City Council in 1969. Inside the boundary are 23 listed buildings (2 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 20 Grade II). The most significant is Bablake School, Grade I. 7 Tree Preservation Order records overlap the area; every other tree here still needs six weeks’ notice before work. Part of the area lies in flood zone 2, 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.
- HMO - 30.9.23Change 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.
- Bablake SchoolGrade I
- Church of St John the BaptistGrade I
- Bonds HospitalGrade II*
- 1 and 3 Ryley StreetGrade II
- 10, Spon StreetGrade II
- 11 and 12, Spon StreetGrade II
- 13-23 (odd) Lower Holyhead RoadGrade II
- 14 and 15 Spon StreetGrade II
- 159-162 Spon StreetGrade II
- 16 Spon StreetGrade II
- 163 and 164 Spon StreetGrade II
- 166 Spon StreetGrade II
- 167 and 168, Spon StreetGrade II
- 169 Spon StreetGrade II
- 16a and 17 Spon StreetGrade II
- 171 Spon StreetGrade II
- 172 Spon StreetGrade II
- 188-190 Spon StreetGrade II
- 25-29 (odd) Lower Holyhead RoadGrade II
- 27 Spon StreetGrade II
- 34-44 (even) Hill StreetGrade II
- 9, Spon StreetGrade II
- Old Windmill InnGrade II
Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Coventry City Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.