About the Stockwell Green Conservation Area
The Stockwell Green Conservation Area covers about 2.2 hectares and was designated by London Borough of Lambeth in 1986. Inside the boundary are 11 listed buildings, all Grade II. 5 Article 4 directions over the area remove further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below. 1 Tree Preservation Order record 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.
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.
- Modified Direction 3 - Town CentresHouseholder works
- Modified Direction 3 - Town CentresHouseholder works
- Modified Direction 3 - Town CentresHouseholder works
- Modified Direction 3 - Town CentresHouseholder works
- Modified Direction 3 - Town CentresHouseholder works
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.
- 21, Stockwell Green Sw9Grade II
- 22, Stockwell Green Sw9Grade II
- 23 and 24, Stockwell Green Sw9Grade II
- 25 and 26, Stockwell Green Sw9Grade II
- 28,29 and 30, Stockwell Green Sw9Grade II
- 31 and 32, Stockwell Green Sw9Grade II
- 33, Stockwell Green Sw9Grade II
- 34, Stockwell Green Sw9Grade II
- 35,36 and 37, Stockwell Green Sw9Grade II
- Gate Piers, Gates and Railings to Front of Stockwell Green United Reformed ChurchGrade II
- Stockwell Green United Reformed ChurchGrade II
Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from London Borough of Lambeth and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.