About the Waterloo Conservation Area
The Waterloo Conservation Area covers about 12 hectares and was designated by Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in 1972. Inside the boundary are 48 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.
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.
- Bootle and Waterloo HMOChange of use
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.
- 1 and 2, Beach LawnGrade II
- 1, Adelaide TerraceGrade II
- 1, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 10, Beach LawnGrade II
- 10, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 11, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 12, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 13, Beach LawnGrade II
- 13, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 13, Marine TerraceGrade II
- 14 and 15, Beach LawnGrade II
- 14, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 15, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 15, Marine TerraceGrade II
- 16 and 16a, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 16, Beach LawnGrade II
- 17, Beach LawnGrade II
- 17, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 18, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 19, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 2-5, Marine TerraceGrade II
- 2, Adelaide TerraceGrade II
- 20, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 21, Marine CrescentGrade II
Show all 48 listed buildings ↓All 48 listed buildings
- 22 and 23, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 24 and 25, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 26 and 27, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 26 and 28, Bath StreetGrade II
- 28, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 29, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 3-19, Adelaide TerraceGrade II
- 3-7, Beach LawnGrade II
- 30, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 31, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 32, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 6, 7 and 8, Marine TerraceGrade II
- 6, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 7, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 8 and 9, Beach LawnGrade II
- 8, Marine CrescentGrade II
- 9-12, Marine TerraceGrade II
- 9, Marine CrescentGrade II
- Gate and Railings to Front Gardens of Numbers 2-14Grade II
- Gatepiers and boundary wall to front of 1-13 Beach LawnGrade II
- Gatepiers to Numbers 14 and 15Grade II
- Hapwood HouseGrade II
- MarbentheGrade II
- Royal HotelGrade 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
PDFWaterloo Conservation Area AppraisalSefton Metropolitan Borough 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 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.