About the Central Conservation Area
The Central Conservation Area covers about 75 hectares and was designated by Newcastle City Council in 2009. Inside the boundary are 302 listed buildings (42 Grade I, 41 Grade II*, 219 Grade II). The most significant is 28 and 30, Close, Grade I. 1 Article 4 direction over the area removes further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below. 157 Tree Preservation Order records overlap the area; every other tree here still needs six weeks’ notice before work. Part of the area lies in flood zone 3, so an extension may need a flood risk assessment.
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.
ProjectElsewhereIn Central CA
- 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.
- Brandy VaultsHouseholder 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.
- 28 and 30, CloseGrade I
- Alderman Fenwick's HouseGrade I
- Bessie Surtees House and Milbank HouseGrade I
- Blackfriars East RangeGrade I
- Blackfriars South RangeGrade I
- Blackfriars West RangeGrade I
- Cathedral of St MaryGrade I
- Cathedral of St NicholasGrade I
- Central Railway Station; passenger buildings and train shed with platformsGrade I
- Church of All SaintsGrade I
- Church of St AndrewGrade I
- Church of St John the BaptistGrade I
- Corner TowerGrade I
- Earl Grey MonumentGrade I
- East Front of Grainger MarketGrade I
- Grainger MarketGrade I
- Gunner TowerGrade I
- Heron Pit Prison, Drawbridge Pit and Other Under-Buildings in BarbicanGrade I
- High Level BridgeGrade I
- Moot HallGrade I
- Numbers 11 to 43 (west Front of Grainger Market)Grade I
- Old Tyne BridgeGrade I
- South Front of Grainger MarketGrade I
- South Postern Tower Facing the River, And Curtain Wall AdjoiningGrade I
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- The Barbican Walls Between North Gate of Castle and Black GateGrade I
- The Black GateGrade I
- The Guildhall and Merchants' CourtGrade I
- The KeepGrade I
- The North Front of Grainger MarketGrade I
- The Song School and Choir VestryGrade I
- Theatre Royal Lounge and Restaurant; the Royal Public HouseGrade I
- Theatre, Theatre RoyalGrade I
- Town WallGrade I
- Town Wall North of the Close and Breakneck StairsGrade I
- Town Wall South of Numbers 74-80 Town Wall to Rear of Number 43Grade I
- Town Wall to Rear of Numbers 1-25 OddGrade I
- Town Wall With Durham TowerGrade I
- Town Wall, With Morden, Heber and Ever TowersGrade I
- Trinity HouseGrade I
- Trinity House Banqueting Hall and Board RoomGrade I
- Trinity House Gate and ChapelGrade I
- Tyne Theatre and Opera HouseGrade I
- 1 and 3, Grey StreetGrade II*
- 1 and 3, Market StreetGrade II*
- 108 and 110, Grainger StreetGrade II*
- 11 and 13, Shakespeare StreetGrade II*
- 112-118, Grainger StreetGrade II*
- 12, 14 and 16, Cloth MarketGrade II*
- 15 and 17, Grey StreetGrade II*
- 19-31, Grey StreetGrade II*
- 32, CloseGrade II*
- 33-41, Grey StreetGrade II*
- 35, CloseGrade II*
- 36 and 38, SandhillGrade II*
- 39 and 40, SandhillGrade II*
- 43 and 45, Grey StreetGrade II*
- 47-51, Grey StreetGrade II*
- 5-13, Grey StreetGrade II*
- 52-78, Grey StreetGrade II*
- 53, Grey StreetGrade II*
- 55 and 57, Westgate RoadGrade II*
- 55-59, Grey StreetGrade II*
- 61-67, Grey StreetGrade II*
- 68-72, GRAINGER STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II*
- 80-96, Grey StreetGrade II*
- 86-90, Grainger StreetGrade II*
- Central ArcadeGrade II*
- Customs HouseGrade II*
- Derwent Water ChambersGrade II*
- Emerson ChambersGrade II*
- Exchange BuildingsGrade II*
- George Stephenson MemorialGrade II*
- Literary and Philosophical SocietyGrade II*
- Lloyd's BankGrade II*
- Neville Hall and Wood Memorial HallGrade II*
- Number 20 and Building to Rear (number 18 Now Demolished)Grade II*
- Old Assembly RoomsGrade II*
- Statue of Queen VictoriaGrade II*
- The Red HouseGrade II*
- The Turk's Head HotelGrade II*
- Trinity HouseGrade II*
- Trinity House Number 12 (school) and Wall and Railings AttachedGrade II*
- Tyne Bridge (also known as New Tyne Bridge)Grade II*
- 1-15, GallowgateGrade II
- 1, MOSLEY STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 1, Neville StreetGrade II
- 10 and 12, Nelson StreetGrade II
- 10, Castle StairsGrade II
- 10, Cloth MarketGrade II
- 10, Dean StreetGrade II
- 10, Grey StreetGrade II
- 100, Pilgrim StreetGrade II
- 104-108, GREY STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 112-118, Pilgrim StreetGrade II
- 12 and 14, Dean StreetGrade II
- 12-16, Grey StreetGrade II
- 12, Mosley StreetGrade II
- 123-131, CLAYTON STREET WEST (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 12a, Nelson StreetGrade II
- 13, SandhillGrade II
- 139-159, Grainger StreetGrade II
- 14-20, Pilgrim StreetGrade II
- 14, Nelson StreetGrade II
- 14, Shakespeare StreetGrade II
- 15, SandhillGrade II
- 15, SideGrade II
- 16 and 18, Dean StreetGrade II
- 17, SandhillGrade II
- 18-26, Grey StreetGrade II
- 18, Fenkle StreetGrade II
- 2 and 4, Mosley StreetGrade II
- 2-10, Market StreetGrade II
- 2-12, Shakespeare StreetGrade II
- 2-20, Newgate StreetGrade II
- 2-6, Nelson StreetGrade II
- 2-8, Grey StreetGrade II
- 20-26, Fenkle StreetGrade II
- 20, Dean StreetGrade II
- 21, Mosley StreetGrade II
- 22-28, Pilgrim StreetGrade II
- 22, Blackett StreetGrade II
- 22, Newgate StreetGrade II
- 23-29, SideGrade II
- 23, Dean StreetGrade II
- 24 and 26, Pudding ChareGrade II
- 25 and 27, QuaysideGrade II
- 25, King StreetGrade II
- 25, Queen StreetGrade II
- 25b, Broad ChareGrade II
- 26-31, SANDHILL (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 26-32, Grey StreetGrade II
- 26-36, Clayton Street WestGrade II
- 28 AND 30, MOSLEY STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 28 and 30, Pudding ChareGrade II
- 3 and 5, Mosley StreetGrade II
- 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Charlotte SquareGrade II
- 3, Akenside HillGrade II
- 30-48, Dean StreetGrade II
- 30, Blackett StreetGrade II
- 30, Grainger StreetGrade II
- 30A, NUN STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 31, Broad ChareGrade II
- 32 and 34, Mosley StreetGrade II
- 33, Broad ChareGrade II
- 33, Groat MarketGrade II
- 34-40, Grainger StreetGrade II
- 34-40, Grey StreetGrade II
- 34-44, Pilgrim StreetGrade II
- 35 and 37, Groat MarketGrade II
- 35, SideGrade II
- 36-92, Clayton StreetGrade II
- 37, Low Friar StreetGrade II
- 39 and 41, Low Friar StreetGrade II
- 4 Lamp Standards on Edge of Pavement Opposite Number 1Grade II
- 4, Clayton Street WestGrade II
- 41-51, High BridgeGrade II
- 42-50, Grey StreetGrade II
- 44-48, Cloth MarketGrade II
- 45-53, CLAYTON STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 46 and 48, Pilgrim StreetGrade II
- 46, SandhillGrade II
- 47-52, SandhillGrade II
- 48-54, NEWGATE STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 5-13, SideGrade II
- 5, Collingwood StreetGrade II
- 50 and 52, Dean StreetGrade II
- 52, Westgate RoadGrade II
- 53, Westgate RoadGrade II
- 54 AND 56, PILGRIM STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 56-63, Thornton StreetGrade II
- 58-72, Low Friar StreetGrade II
- 6 Lamp Standards on Pavement Opposite Numbers 104, 106 and 108Grade II
- 6-24, Clayton Street WestGrade II
- 6, Bigg MarketGrade II
- 63, QuaysideGrade II
- 67-71, Clayton StreetGrade II
- 67, Westgate RoadGrade II
- 69 and 71, SideGrade II
- 69, Westgate RoadGrade II
- 7-19, Mosley StreetGrade II
- 7, Collingwood StreetGrade II
- 71-75, Westgate RoadGrade II
- 73 and 75, SideGrade II
- 74-84, Grainger StreetGrade II
- 8 and 10, CloseGrade II
- 8-18, Hood StreetGrade II
- 8, Bigg MarketGrade II
- 8, Mosley StreetGrade II
- 8, Nelson StreetGrade II
- 87-107, Clayton StreetGrade II
- 9 and 10, Charlotte SquareGrade II
- 92-104, Grainger StreetGrade II
- 92-98, Westgate RoadGrade II
- 93, GRAINGER STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 94-106, Clayton StreetGrade II
- Accommodation Arch and Railway Viaduct Between High Level Bridge, Castle Garth and Central StationGrade II
- Accommodation Arch Over Manor Chare, And Railway Viaduct Extending Westward to Pilgrim StreetGrade II
- Adelphi HotelGrade II
- Akenside HouseGrade II
- Atlas Chambers Shop in Occupation of Messrs JacksonsGrade II
- Balmbra's Music HallGrade II
- Baltic ChambersGrade II
- Barclay's BankGrade II
- Barclay's Bank and Collingwood BuildingsGrade II
- Barclays BankGrade II
- Beehive HotelGrade II
- Bewick HouseGrade II
- Bolbec HallGrade II
- Bonded WarehousesGrade II
- Bridge HotelGrade II
- Bridge Medical CentreGrade II
- Building Forming Western Part of Evening Chronicle BuildingGrade II
- Cathedral BuildingsGrade II
- Chaucer BuildingsGrade II
- Clavering HouseGrade II
- Co-Operative StoresGrade II
- Coronation BuildingsGrade II
- County Court and gates, piers and railings to front, 56 Westgate RoadGrade II
- County HallGrade II
- Crown Posada Public HouseGrade II
- Drinking FountainGrade II
- Duke of Northumberland Public HouseGrade II
- Dwarf Walls and Railings in Centre of SquareGrade II
- Earl Grey HouseGrade II
- Eldon BuildingsGrade II
- Exchange BuildingsGrade II
- First Building Behind Number 10Grade II
- Former Cooperative Wholesale Society Printing WorksGrade II
- Former Coppersmiths' shop and warehouses with offices attachedGrade II
- Former Fish MarketGrade II
- Former Goods Station WarehouseGrade II
- Former Hertz Rent A Car BuildingGrade II
- Former Robert Stephenson and Company Fitting ShopGrade II
- Former Trinity HouseGrade II
- Forth HouseGrade II
- Gate Pier of the Old Grammar SchoolGrade II
- Gate Piers and Wall in Front of Church of St Andrew, And Pant AttachedGrade II
- Gem House and Messrs Reid and CompanyGrade II
- Gunn Tomb About 10 Metres East of South Transept of Church of St AndrewGrade II
- Half Moon ChambersGrade II
- Hawthorne Works Now J T Dove Ltd (building Materials)Grade II
- Hodgson Tomb About 15 Metres East of Church of St John the BaptistGrade II
- House Carpenter's HallGrade II
- House of Recovery in Yard Behind College of Advanced TechnologyGrade II
- House South of Clavering House in Occupation of Messrs TurnbullGrade II
- Irving HouseGrade II
- Live Theatre WorkshopGrade II
- Lloyds BankGrade II
- Lord Collingwood Public HouseGrade II
- Market Lane HotelGrade II
- Mercantile BuildingGrade II
- Midland BankGrade II
- Milburn HouseGrade II
- Motorail TerminalGrade II
- National Westminster BankGrade II
- Newcastle and Gateshead Building SocietyGrade II
- Northern Assurance BuildingsGrade II
- Northern Counties ClubGrade II
- Northern GoldsmithsGrade II
- Northern GoldsmithsGrade II
- Number 1 and Railings Flanking StepsGrade II
- Numbers 81 and 85 and House to the South of Number 85Grade II
- Outbuilding to East of Former Trinity House Numbers 9 and 10Grade II
- Pair of Lampholders in Front of Old Assembly Rooms and WallGrade II
- Phoenix HouseGrade II
- Piers North of Church of All SaintsGrade II
- Piers, Wall and Railings South of Church of All SaintsGrade II
- Posts and Rails on Castle StairsGrade II
- Presbytery Attached to Cathedral of St MaryGrade II
- Princes BuildingsGrade II
- Railway ArchGrade II
- Railway Arch South West of Black GateGrade II
- Railway Viaduct Between Dean Street and Pilgrim StreetGrade II
- Railway Viaduct Between St Nicholas Street and the SideGrade II
- Royal Station HotelGrade II
- Scottish Provident HouseGrade II
- Second Building Behind Number 10Grade II
- Sinclair's Cooperage With Outbuildings to WestGrade II
- St Nicholas' BuildingsGrade II
- Statue of Joseph Cowen at Junction With Fenkle StreetGrade II
- Stephenson's Works - Erecting Shops Etc. J T Dove, Showroom, Nos 2-14Grade II
- Sun Insurance BuildingsGrade II
- Sunlight ChambersGrade II
- The Cordwainers' Public HouseGrade II
- The County HotelGrade II
- The Old George Public HouseGrade II
- The Old Post Office and area balustradeGrade II
- Town Boundary Stone in Rear Wall of Number 65 Town Boundary Stone in Rear Wall of Number 65 Westgate RoadGrade II
- Trinity House Numbers 7 and 8 (premises Occupied by Live Theatre)Grade II
- Trinity Maritime CentreGrade II
- Trustee Savings BankGrade II
- Turnbull's WarehouseGrade II
- Tyneside CinemaGrade II
- Union ClubGrade II
- Victoria BuildingsGrade II
- Wall From Swing Bridge to Quayside Sheds, And Bollards on TopGrade II
- Walls, gates and railings west of 43, SideGrade II
- Ward's BuildingGrade II
- Water Tower South of Central StationGrade II
- Watergate BuildingsGrade II
- Waters Tomb About 2 Metres South of Church of St John the BaptistGrade II
- Workshops, Stairs and Wall Behind Numbers 5-13 OddGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
Grey StreetGrainger StreetWestgate RoadDean StreetMosley StreetPilgrim StreetNelson StreetClayton StreetCloseLow Friar StreetShakespeare StreetBlackett Street
The council’s appraisal
WEBCentral Conservation Area AppraisalNewcastle 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 Newcastle City Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.