About the Shaw Street Conservation Area
The Shaw Street Conservation Area covers about 7.0 hectares and was designated by Liverpool City Council in 1988. Inside the boundary are 16 listed buildings (2 Grade II*, 14 Grade II). The most significant is Liverpool Collegiate School, Grade II*. 1 Article 4 direction over the area removes 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
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.
- Liverpool Collegiate SchoolGrade II*
- Roman Catholic Church of Saint Francis XavierGrade II*
- 2, Islington SquareGrade II
- 3, Islington SquareGrade II
- 37a and 39, Shaw StreetGrade II
- 41-49, Shaw StreetGrade II
- 51, Shaw StreetGrade II
- 53, Shaw StreetGrade II
- 55, Shaw StreetGrade II
- 57, Shaw StreetGrade II
- 59 and 61, Shaw StreetGrade II
- 63, 65 and 67, Shaw StreetGrade II
- 69 and 71, Shaw StreetGrade II
- Eighth the King's Regiment Indian Rebellion Memorial at North End of Whitley GardensGrade II
- Particular Baptist ChapelGrade II
- Saint Francis Xavier's SchoolsGrade 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.