About the Stevenson Square Conservation Area
The Stevenson Square Conservation Area covers about 10 hectares and was designated by Manchester City Council in 1987. Inside the boundary are 49 listed buildings, all Grade II.
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.
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.
- 10, Lever StreetGrade II
- 107, PiccadillyGrade II
- 12 and 14, Lever StreetGrade II
- 14 AND 16, NEWTON STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 19, Paton StreetGrade II
- 22, Dale StreetGrade II
- 25 AND 27, DALE STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 29 and 31, Dale StreetGrade II
- 3, Dale StreetGrade II
- 35, Dale StreetGrade II
- 45 and 47, Newton StreetGrade II
- 45, 47 and 47a, Hilton StreetGrade II
- 45, Dale StreetGrade II
- 47 Piccadilly including warehouse facing Back PiccadillyGrade II
- 47, Dale StreetGrade II
- 49 AND 51, DALE STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 49 PiccadillyGrade II
- 49, NEWTON STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 50-62, Port StreetGrade II
- 56, Dale StreetGrade II
- 64 and 66, Dale StreetGrade II
- 68, Dale StreetGrade II
- 77-83, PiccadillyGrade II
- 8-12, Newton StreetGrade II
Show all 49 listed buildings ↓All 49 listed buildings
- 8, Lever StreetGrade II
- Bradley HouseGrade II
- Castle HotelGrade II
- Clayton House, 59, Piccadilly and 61 PiccadillyGrade II
- Dale Street ChambersGrade II
- Eleska HouseGrade II
- Former Horrocks, Crewdson and Company WarehouseGrade II
- Former Newton Street Police StationGrade II
- Fourways HouseGrade II
- Gardens Hotel and shopsGrade II
- Halls BuildingsGrade II
- Industry HouseGrade II
- Kingsley HouseGrade II
- Langley BuildingsGrade II
- Marlsbro HouseGrade II
- Newton BuildingsGrade II
- Nos. 17-25, NEWTON STREET, and Nos. 32 and 34, DALE STREETGrade II
- Nos. 24, 26, and 28, DALE STREETGrade II
- Nos. 69-77, LEVER STREET and No. 10, BRADLEY STREETGrade II
- Numbers 13 and 15 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- Numbers 4, 6 and 8 and Attached Screen WallsGrade II
- Sevendale HouseGrade II
- St Margarets ChambersGrade II
- The Brunswick HotelGrade II
- Watts BrothersGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
The council’s appraisal
WEBStevenson Square Conservation Area AppraisalManchester City Council’s description of the area’s character — what planners look at when you apply.Open on council site ↗Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Manchester City Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.