About the STOURBRIDGE SIXTEEN LOCKS WORDSLEY. Conservation Area
The STOURBRIDGE SIXTEEN LOCKS WORDSLEY. Conservation Area covers about 11 hectares within Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council’s area. Inside the boundary are 10 listed buildings (1 Grade II*, 9 Grade II). The most significant is Glass Cone at Stuart and Sons Red House Glassworks, 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.
- 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.
- Glass Cone at Stuart and Sons Red House GlassworksGrade II*
- 30 and 32, Dock RoadGrade II
- Buildings at Stuart Crystal Glassworks (white House Complex) Including Newhouse Furnace Building, Former Engraving and Cutting Shops, Structures Attached to the South of the Cutting Shop and West of the Furnace BuildingGrade II
- Buildings at Stuart Crystal Glassworks (white House Complex) Including the Mill Engine House, Managers Office, Former Flour Mill, And the Former Flour Mill Extension (bone Mill) and Engine HouseGrade II
- Canal Footbridge to North of Double Lock CottageGrade II
- Canal Footbridge to West of Double Lock CottageGrade II
- Double Lock CottageGrade II
- Stourbridge Canal Lock Number 10Grade II
- Stourbridge Canal Lock Number 11Grade II
- Stourbridge Canal Lock Number 9Grade II
Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.