About the Edge Hill Conservation Area
The Edge Hill Conservation Area covers about 4.4 hectares and was designated by Liverpool City Council in 1996. Inside the boundary are 34 listed buildings, all Grade II. 3 Article 4 directions over the area remove 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.
- 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
- Wavertree Road Toilet Block, Liverpool, L7Householder works
- Land and Buildings at Edge Lane, Liverpool, L7Householder 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.
- 1-7, WAVERTREE ROAD (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 1, 1a, And 1b, Church MountGrade II
- 10, Edge LaneGrade II
- 10, North ViewGrade II
- 11 and 12, North ViewGrade II
- 11, Towerlands StreetGrade II
- 12a, Edge LaneGrade II
- 13, North ViewGrade II
- 13, Towerlands StreetGrade II
- 14, North ViewGrade II
- 2 AND 2A, CHURCH MOUNT (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 2, Edge LaneGrade II
- 24, Marmaduke StreetGrade II
- 26, Marmaduke StreetGrade II
- 28, Marmaduke StreetGrade II
- 3, Church MountGrade II
- 4 and 6, Edge LaneGrade II
- 4, Church MountGrade II
- 5 Church MountGrade II
- 6 and 7, North ViewGrade II
- 8 and 9, North ViewGrade II
- 8, CHURCH MOUNT (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 8, Edge LaneGrade II
- All Saints' VicarageGrade II
Show all 34 listed buildings ↓All 34 listed buildings
- Church of All SaintsGrade II
- Clare TerraceGrade II
- Lamp Standard on Triangular IslandGrade II
- Number 33 and Garden WallGrade II
- Number 39 and Garden WallGrade II
- Number 45 and Garden WallGrade II
- Number 47 and Garden WallGrade II
- Numbers 35 and 37 and Garden WallGrade II
- Numbers 41 and 43 and Garden WallGrade II
- War Memorial at Church of All SaintsGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
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.