About the PUDSEY Conservation Area
The PUDSEY Conservation Area covers about 59 hectares and was designated by Leeds City Council in 1985. Inside the boundary are 20 listed buildings, all Grade II. 27 Tree Preservation Order records 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.
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 and 2, Tannery YardGrade II
- 1, ChapeltownGrade II
- 20 and 22, Low TownGrade II
- Britannia Public House Including Adjoining Stables to South EastGrade II
- Church of St LawrenceGrade II
- Cottage Attached to Rear of Number 5 Forming Part of the Premises of Messers MaddleysGrade II
- Independent SchoolGrade II
- National Westminster BankGrade II
- Number 1 (the Coffee House and Calverley Fine Arts Limited ) and Number 2 (the Old Bakery)Grade II
- Number 3 (partners and the Beauty Shop)Grade II
- Square OneGrade II
- That Part of Beckfield Nursing Home Which Formed the Original VicarageGrade II
- That Part of Pudsey Grangefield School Which Formed the Original Grammar SchoolGrade II
- The Crown InnGrade II
- Town End HouseGrade II
- Trinity Methodist ChurchGrade II
- Tudor HouseGrade II
- Victoria Hotel Public HouseGrade II
- War MemorialGrade II
- Worlds End Wine BarGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBPUDSEY 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.