About the Wooldale Conservation Area
The Wooldale Conservation Area covers about 9.2 hectares and was designated by Kirklees Council in 1980. Inside the boundary are 28 listed buildings, all Grade II.
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.
- 1,3,5, South LaneGrade II
- 102, Cliff RoadGrade II
- 112,110, Lower Town End RoadGrade II
- 15,17,19,21, South LaneGrade II
- 41, Wooldale RoadGrade II
- 43, Wooldale RoadGrade II
- 46,48, Wooldale RoadGrade II
- 55,57, Wooldale RoadGrade II
- 61,63, Wooldale RoadGrade II
- 66, Town End RoadGrade II
- 67, Wooldale RoadGrade II
- 68, Town End RoadGrade II
- 69, Wooldale RoadGrade II
- 72,74, Wooldale RoadGrade II
- 73, Town End RoadGrade II
- 73,75, Wooldale RoadGrade II
- 75,77, Town End RoadGrade II
- 92,94,96,100, Cliff RoadGrade II
- 98, Cliff RoadGrade II
- Building Adjoining Rear of Lord Nelson Public HouseGrade II
- Friends Meeting House, Small Adjoining Outbuilding and Boundary WallGrade II
- Methodist Free ChurchGrade II
- Pell CroftGrade II
- Sundial at Friends Meeting HouseGrade II
Show all 28 listed buildings ↓All 28 listed buildings
- Sunny BrowGrade II
- Telephone Kiosk Outside Wooldale Methodist ChapelGrade II
- Wooldale HallGrade II
- Wooldale Methodist ChurchGrade 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
WEBWooldale Conservation Area AppraisalKirklees 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 Kirklees Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.