About the Mount Pleasant Conservation Area
The Mount Pleasant Conservation Area covers about 17 hectares and was designated by Liverpool City Council in 1976. Inside the boundary are 55 listed buildings (2 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 51 Grade II). The most significant is Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Grade I. 16 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.
- 14B Pomona Street, Liverpool, L3 5TLHouseholder works
- 46-48 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5SDHouseholder works
- 8 Maryland Street, Liverpool, L1 9DEHouseholder works
- Cypress Building, Chatham Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZRHouseholder works
- Everyman Theatre, 3- 11 Hope Street, Liverpool , L1Householder works
- Hardman House & Haigh Building, Hardman Street/Maryland Street, Liverpool, L1 9ASHouseholder works
- Hardman House & Haigh Building, Hardman Street/Maryland Street, Liverpool, L1 9SAHouseholder works
- Josephine Butler House, Hope Street/Myrtle Street, Liverpool , L1 9BPHouseholder works
- Land at Brownlow Hill/Duckinfield Street, Liverpool, L3Householder works
- Liverpool Everyman Theatre , 3 - 11 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BJHouseholder works
- Liverpool Everyman Theatre, 3 - 11 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BJHouseholder works
- Liverpool Science Park, 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TFHouseholder works
- Liverpool Science Park, 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TFHouseholder works
- Renshaw Hall, Benson Street/Oldham Place, Liverpool, L1Householder works
- 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
- University of Liverpool, Chemistry Building, Grove Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZDHouseholder 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.
- Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the KingGrade I
- The Philharmonic Dining RoomsGrade I
- Liverpool Medical InstitutionGrade II*
- Wellington Rooms (now the Irish Centre)Grade II*
- 10, Maryland StreetGrade II
- 101-107, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 109-125, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 12, Abercromby SquareGrade II
- 13, Abercromby SquareGrade II
- 14, Abercromby SquareGrade II
- 14, Oxford StreetGrade II
- 15, Hope StreetGrade II
- 16 and 18, Oxford StreetGrade II
- 17 and 19, Hope StreetGrade II
- 17, Abercromby SquareGrade II
- 2 and 4, Cambridge StreetGrade II
- 20-26, Oxford StreetGrade II
- 20-27, Abercromby SquareGrade II
- 21, Hope StreetGrade II
- 23, Hope StreetGrade II
- 25, 27, 29 and 29a, Hope StreetGrade II
- 28, Oxford StreetGrade II
- 30, Hope StreetGrade II
- 30, Oxford StreetGrade II
Show all 55 listed buildings ↓All 55 listed buildings
- 33, Clarence StreetGrade II
- 36, Clarence StreetGrade II
- 50, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 54, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 62, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 64, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 64a and 66, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 73-79, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 78, 80 and 82, Bedford Street SouthGrade II
- 8, Abercromby SquareGrade II
- 81 and 83, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 85 and 87, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 89 and 91, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 9,10 and 11, Abercromby SquareGrade II
- 90, Chatham StreetGrade II
- 93 and 95, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 95a, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 96, Mount PleasantGrade II
- 97 AND 99, MOUNT PLEASANT (See details for further address information)Grade II
- Cathedral House and former Convent of Christ the KingGrade II
- Central Block of Convent of Notre Dame Including ChapelGrade II
- Garden HouseGrade II
- Masonic HallGrade II
- No. 19 ABERCROMBY SQUAREGrade II
- Nos. 1-7 ABERCROMBY SQUARE, No. 7A ABERCROMBY SQUAREGrade II
- Nos. 19-29 Clarence StreetGrade II
- Number 52 (east)Grade II
- Number 52 (west)Grade II
- Post Office Pillar Box on Corner of Abercromby SquareGrade II
- Statue of Hugh Stowell BrownGrade II
- Young Mens Christian Association BuildingGrade 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.