About the Pickering, Town Centre Conservation Area
The Pickering, Town Centre Conservation Area covers about 57 hectares and was designated by North Yorkshire Council in 1973. Inside the boundary are 211 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 209 Grade II). The most significant is Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Grade I. 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 Pickering, Town Centre 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.
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.
- Parish Church of St Peter and St PaulGrade I
- Beck Isle MuseumGrade II*
- 1 and 2, BirdgateGrade II
- 1 and 2, WestgateGrade II
- 1 and 2, Whitby RoadGrade II
- 1-3, BURGATE (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 1, CastlegateGrade II
- 10-12, Hall GarthGrade II
- 10, CastlegateGrade II
- 10, Market PlaceGrade II
- 10, WestgateGrade II
- 103, WestgateGrade II
- 104 and 104a, WestgateGrade II
- 105 and 106, WestgateGrade II
- 107, WestgateGrade II
- 108, WestgateGrade II
- 11-15, HungateGrade II
- 11, CastlegateGrade II
- 11, Market PlaceGrade II
- 110, WestgateGrade II
- 112, EastgateGrade II
- 113, EastgateGrade II
- 114, EastgateGrade II
- 115 and 116, EastgateGrade II
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- 117, EastgateGrade II
- 118, EastgateGrade II
- 119 and 120, EastgateGrade II
- 12 and 13, CastlegateGrade II
- 12, BirdgateGrade II
- 12, BurgateGrade II
- 121, EastgateGrade II
- 122, EastgateGrade II
- 123 and 124, EastgateGrade II
- 125, EastgateGrade II
- 13 and 14, WestgateGrade II
- 13, Train LaneGrade II
- 133, EastgateGrade II
- 14-17, BirdgateGrade II
- 14-19, Under CliffeGrade II
- 14, 14a and 15, CastlegateGrade II
- 14, 19 and 21, Brant HillGrade II
- 15 and 16, WestgateGrade II
- 15, BurgateGrade II
- 16 and 17, Hall GarthGrade II
- 16, CastlegateGrade II
- 17 and 18, CastlegateGrade II
- 17 and 18, HungateGrade II
- 17, EastgateGrade II
- 18, EastgateGrade II
- 18, Hall GarthGrade II
- 18, Market PlaceGrade II
- 19 and 20, BurgateGrade II
- 19, BirdgateGrade II
- 19, CastlegateGrade II
- 19, Hall GarthGrade II
- 19, HungateGrade II
- 2 and 3, Market PlaceGrade II
- 2-4, Smiddy HillGrade II
- 2, CastlegateGrade II
- 20-22, Market PlaceGrade II
- 20-22, WestgateGrade II
- 20, EastgateGrade II
- 20, Hall GarthGrade II
- 20, HungateGrade II
- 21 and 22, EastgateGrade II
- 21 and 22, Hall GarthGrade II
- 21, BurgateGrade II
- 21, HungateGrade II
- 23-27, Park TerraceGrade II
- 23, EastgateGrade II
- 24 and 25, EastgateGrade II
- 24 and 25, Under CliffeGrade II
- 24-27, WestgateGrade II
- 24, CastlegateGrade II
- 25, Hall GarthGrade II
- 25, HungateGrade II
- 25, Potter HillGrade II
- 26 and 26a, HungateGrade II
- 26, Potter HillGrade II
- 27, HungateGrade II
- 27, Potter HillGrade II
- 29 WestgateGrade II
- 29, EastgateGrade II
- 3 and 4, CastlegateGrade II
- 3 and 4, WestgateGrade II
- 3, BirdgateGrade II
- 3, HungateGrade II
- 30 and 31, WestgateGrade II
- 30, BurgateGrade II
- 30, EastgateGrade II
- 31, BurgateGrade II
- 31, EastgateGrade II
- 32, BurgateGrade II
- 33 and 34, Market PlaceGrade II
- 33-36, WestgateGrade II
- 33, BurgateGrade II
- 33, EastgateGrade II
- 33, HungateGrade II
- 34, EastgateGrade II
- 34, HungateGrade II
- 35 and 36, EastgateGrade II
- 35, HungateGrade II
- 36 and 37, HungateGrade II
- 36, BurgateGrade II
- 36, Potter HillGrade II
- 37, EastgateGrade II
- 37, Market PlaceGrade II
- 38, HungateGrade II
- 38, Potter HillGrade II
- 39 and 40, HungateGrade II
- 4-9, BirdgateGrade II
- 4, EastgateGrade II
- 4, HungateGrade II
- 4, Market PlaceGrade II
- 4, Potter HillGrade II
- 40 and 41, Market PlaceGrade II
- 40, Potter HillGrade II
- 40, WestgateGrade II
- 41, 42 and 44, BurgateGrade II
- 41, HungateGrade II
- 42-48, WestgateGrade II
- 42, EastgateGrade II
- 42, HungateGrade II
- 42, Market PlaceGrade II
- 43 and 44, Market PlaceGrade II
- 43-45, EastgateGrade II
- 43-47, HungateGrade II
- 44 and 45, Potter HillGrade II
- 45, Market PlaceGrade II
- 46, 47 and 49, EastgateGrade II
- 46, Market PlaceGrade II
- 47, Potter HillGrade II
- 49 and 50, WestgateGrade II
- 49-51, HungateGrade II
- 5 and 6, HungateGrade II
- 5 and 6, Market PlaceGrade II
- 5, 5a, 6 and 6a, Smiddy HillGrade II
- 5, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 5, CastlegateGrade II
- 5, EastgateGrade II
- 51-64, WestgateGrade II
- 52, HungateGrade II
- 53, EastgateGrade II
- 55 and 56, EastgateGrade II
- 59, EastgateGrade II
- 6 AND 6A, BURGATE (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 6 and 7, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 6, WestgateGrade II
- 60 and 61, EastgateGrade II
- 62 and 63, EastgateGrade II
- 64 and 65, EastgateGrade II
- 66 and 67, EastgateGrade II
- 7, Hall GarthGrade II
- 7, Market PlaceGrade II
- 7, Train LaneGrade II
- 7, WestgateGrade II
- 8 and 8a, Smiddy HillGrade II
- 8 and 9, WestgateGrade II
- 8, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 8, Hall GarthGrade II
- 82, WestgateGrade II
- 86 and 86a, WestgateGrade II
- 87-96, WestgateGrade II
- 9, CastlegateGrade II
- 9, Hall GarthGrade II
- 9, Smiddy HillGrade II
- 97-102, WestgateGrade II
- Beck Isle CottageGrade II
- Black Swan HotelGrade II
- Eastgate House, 132, Eastgate.Grade II
- Farm Buildings to North of Beck Isle MuseumGrade II
- Fern LeighGrade II
- Forest and Vale HotelGrade II
- Former School BuildingGrade II
- Former Temperance HallGrade II
- Friends' Meeting HouseGrade II
- IvyleighGrade II
- K6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Eastgate SquareGrade II
- Langdale HouseGrade II
- Masonic Hall (to Rear of Numbers 6 and 7)Grade II
- Memorial HallGrade II
- Methodist ChapelGrade II
- Midland Bank and Number 16a, Including Forecourt Railings, Gate Piers and GatesGrade II
- Mount Farm (including Archway on West)Grade II
- Ness House and Attached OutbuildingGrade II
- One OakGrade II
- Outbuildings to North of White Swan HotelGrade II
- Parish Hall of the Church of St PeterGrade II
- Pickering BridgeGrade II
- Pickering Railway Station, Main Building (including Station House and Retaining Walls)Grade II
- Pickering United Reformed (congregational) ChurchGrade II
- Premises Occupied by York County Savings BankGrade II
- Premises to left of Fern Leigh occupied by J WatsonGrade II
- Railings and Gates and Memorial in Courtyard to Pickering United Reformed (congregational) ChurchGrade II
- Roman Catholic Church of St Joseph St Joseph's Church HallGrade II
- Rose CottageGrade II
- School HouseGrade II
- St George's HouseGrade II
- St Joseph's PresbyteryGrade II
- The Bay Horse Public HouseGrade II
- The former King's Arms InnGrade II
- The Horse Shoe Public HouseGrade II
- The Lettered Board Public HouseGrade II
- The Rose InnGrade II
- The VicarageGrade II
- Wall to Forest and Vale Hotel Fronting Malton RoadGrade II
- Wesleyan Day SchoolGrade II
- West ViewGrade II
- Westgate Guest HouseGrade II
- White Horse CottageGrade II
- White Swan HotelGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
Market PlacePotter HillSmiddy HillBridge StreetTrain LaneBrant HillPark TerraceWhitby Road
The council’s appraisal
WEBPickering, Town Centre Conservation Area AppraisalNorth Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.