About the Princes Road Conservation Area
The Princes Road Conservation Area covers about 11 hectares and was designated by Liverpool City Council in 1996. Inside the boundary are 8 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 6 Grade II). The most significant is Princes Road Synagogue, Grade I. 3 Article 4 directions over the area remove further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below. 6 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.
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
- Area between Princes Road and Mulgrave Street, south of Hatherley Street, including Eversley Street and the area of Eversley Street, Liverpool, L8Householder works
- Area between Princes Road and Mulgrave Street, south of Eversley Street, Liverpool 8Householder 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.
- Princes Road SynagogueGrade I
- Church of Saint MargaretGrade II*
- Drinking Fountain at Mulgrave Street JunctionGrade II
- Greek Orthodox ChurchGrade II
- Merseyside Centre For the DeafGrade II
- St Margaret's VicarageGrade II
- Streatlam TowerGrade II
- Welsh Presbyterian ChurchGrade 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.