About the Kelham Island and Neepsend Conservation Area
The Kelham Island and Neepsend Conservation Area covers about 33 hectares within Sheffield City Council’s area. Inside the boundary are 20 listed buildings (4 Grade II*, 16 Grade II). The most significant is East Range at Cornish Place Works, 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.
- East Range at Cornish Place WorksGrade II*
- Entrance Gateway to Green Lane WorksGrade II*
- Globe WorksGrade II*
- West Range at Cornish Place WorksGrade II*
- 30, Mowbray StreetGrade II
- Aizlewoods MillGrade II
- Ball Street BridgeGrade II
- Ball Street Bridge Kelham WeirGrade II
- Borough BridgeGrade II
- Brooklyn WorksGrade II
- Cornish WorksGrade II
- Crucible Workshop at Former Williams BrothersGrade II
- Former Ebenezer Wesleyan ChapelGrade II
- Former Russell Works, (now Part of Kelham Island Industrial Museum)Grade II
- Insignia WorksGrade II
- New Testament Church of God and Attached Boundary WallGrade II
- Rutland Road BridgeGrade II
- The Fat CatGrade II
- The Former Ball InnGrade II
- Wharncliffe WorksGrade II
Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Sheffield City Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.