About the William Brown Street Conservation Area
The William Brown Street Conservation Area covers about 11 hectares and was designated by Liverpool City Council in 1969. Inside the boundary are 27 listed buildings (2 Grade I, 7 Grade II*, 18 Grade II). The most significant is Liverpool Cenotaph, Grade I. 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
- Transport House, Islington, Liverpool, L3Householder works
- Lime Street Station, Concourse Shops, Concourse House, Lime Street, Liverpool.Householder 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 CenotaphGrade I
- St George's HallGrade I
- College of Technology and Museum ExtensionGrade II*
- Hornby Library Picton Reading RoomGrade II*
- Sessions HouseGrade II*
- Steble FountainGrade II*
- Walker Art GalleryGrade II*
- Wellington ColumnGrade II*
- William Brown Library and MuseumGrade II*
- 4 Lions to East of War MemorialGrade II
- 43 lamp standards on Lime Street frontGrade II
- Balfour MonumentGrade II
- Entrance to Mersey TunnelGrade II
- Forwood MonumentGrade II
- Gladstone MonumentGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- Lester MonumentGrade II
- Monument to the King's Liverpool RegimentGrade II
- North Western HallGrade II
- Nugent MonumentGrade II
- Prince Albert Monument to South of War MemorialGrade II
- Queen Victoria Monument to North of War MemorialGrade II
- Rathbone MonumentGrade II
- Retaining Wall, Gatepiers, And Terrace WallGrade II
Show all 27 listed buildings ↓All 27 listed buildings
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.