About the CENTRAL AREA - QUEEN SQUARE Conservation Area
The CENTRAL AREA - QUEEN SQUARE Conservation Area covers about 1.1 hectares and was designated by Leeds City Council in 1973. Inside the boundary are 19 listed buildings, all Grade II. 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.
- A4D01Householder 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.
- 11 and 12, Queen SquareGrade II
- 13 and 14, Queen SquareGrade II
- 15, Queen SquareGrade II
- 2, Queen SquareGrade II
- 21, Queen SquareGrade II
- 22, Queen SquareGrade II
- 23, Queen SquareGrade II
- 24, 25 and 26, Queen SquareGrade II
- 5 and 6, Queen SquareGrade II
- Cobourg Public House Leeds Metropolitan UniversityGrade II
- Gas Lamp Post on Pavement Between Numbers 10 and 11Grade II
- Gas Lamp Post on Pavement Between Numbers 16 and 17Grade II
- Gas Lamp Post on Pavement Between Numbers 21 and 22Grade II
- Gas Lamp Post on Pavement Between Numbers 3 and 4Grade II
- Number 16 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- Numbers 17 and 18 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- Numbers 3 and 4 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- Numbers 7 and 8 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- Numbers 9 and 10 and Attached RailingsGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBCENTRAL AREA - QUEEN SQUARE Conservation Area AppraisalLeeds City 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 Leeds City Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.