About the Earsdon Conservation Area
The Earsdon Conservation Area covers about 15 hectares and was designated by North Tyneside Council in 1974. Inside the boundary are 12 listed buildings, all Grade II. 72 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.
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.
- Bleak Hope HouseGrade II
- Church of St AlbanGrade II
- Edward Eccles Church Hall and Walls and Piers in FrontGrade II
- Hartley Disaster MemorialGrade II
- Manor HouseGrade II
- Oven South of the Garth and Wall AttachedGrade II
- Stable and Carriage Shed South of Bleak Hope House, And Walls and Piers AdjoiningGrade II
- The GarthGrade II
- Vicarage of St AlbanGrade II
- Walls and Piers in Front of Bleak Hope HouseGrade II
- Walls and Piers in Front of Manor HouseGrade II
- War Memorial and Railings SurroundingGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBEarsdon Conservation Area AppraisalNorth Tyneside 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 North Tyneside Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.