About the Albert Dock Conservation Area
The Albert Dock Conservation Area covers about 28 hectares and was designated by Liverpool City Council in 1976. Inside the boundary are 27 listed buildings (5 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 21 Grade II). The most significant is Atlantic Pavilion, Albert Dock, Grade I. 6 Article 4 directions over the area remove further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below. 5 Tree Preservation Order records overlap the area; every other tree here still needs six weeks’ notice before work. 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.
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.
- The Liverpool (Anfield, Central, Greenbank, Kensington and Fairfield, Picton, Princess Park, Riverside, Tuebrook and Stoneycroft and Wavertree wards and parts of Kirkdale and Church wards) (Article 4(1)) Direction 2020Householder works
- Land at Monarchs Quay, Liverpool, L3 4FPHouseholder works
- Block 3, Mann Island, Liverpool, L3Householder works
- Units B20,B22,B24,B31,B31a Britannia Pavilion, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3Householder works
- Museum of Liverpool Life, Mann Island, Pier Head, Liverpool, L3Householder works
- Land bounded by Mann Island, The Strand and Canning Dock, Liverpool 1Householder 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.
- Atlantic Pavilion, Albert DockGrade I
- Britannia Pavilion and the Colonnades, Albert DockGrade I
- Dock Traffic OfficeGrade I
- Edward Pavilion, Albert DockGrade I
- Merseyside Maritime Museum and the International Slavery MuseumGrade I
- Former Warehouse at Wapping DockGrade II*
- Canning Dock Retaining WallGrade II
- Dock Retaining Walls, Canning Half Tide DockGrade II
- Dock Retaining Walls, Dukes DockGrade II
- Dock Retaining Walls, Salthouse DockGrade II
- Gatekeeper's Lodge at Entrance to Wapping DockGrade II
- Gatepiers to Albert DockGrade II
- Hartley BridgeGrade II
- Hydraulic Tower at Wapping DockGrade II
- Number 1 Graving DockGrade II
- Number 2 Graving DockGrade II
- Original Dock Master's OfficeGrade II
- Piermaster's HouseGrade II
- Post Office pillar box on corner of Gower Street, Salthouse QuayGrade II
- Pumping StationGrade II
- Swing Bridge Over Entrance to Canning DockGrade II
- The Pumphouse Public HouseGrade II
- Wapping BasinGrade II
- Watchman's Hut on Canning IslandGrade II
Show all 27 listed buildings ↓All 27 listed buildings
- Watchman's Hut on North Side of PierheadGrade II
- Watchman's Hut on South Side of PierheadGrade II
- WorkshopGrade II
Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Liverpool City Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.