About the Market Drayton Conservation Area
The Market Drayton Conservation Area covers about 23 hectares and was designated by Shropshire Council in 1973. Inside the boundary are 68 listed buildings (4 Grade II*, 64 Grade II). The most significant is Church of Saint Mary, Grade II*. 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.
- 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.
- Church of Saint MaryGrade II*
- Cotton's HouseGrade II*
- The Old HouseGrade II*
- Tudor House RestaurantGrade II*
- 1, Saint Mary's StreetGrade II
- 10, Church StreetGrade II
- 12 High Street, and attached milestoneGrade II
- 14 and 16, Stafford StreetGrade II
- 15 and 15a, Shropshire StreetGrade II
- 15, High StreetGrade II
- 17 and 17a, High StreetGrade II
- 18 and 20, Cheshire StreetGrade II
- 24, High StreetGrade II
- 25, High StreetGrade II
- 27, Shropshire StreetGrade II
- 3 and 5, Saint Mary's StreetGrade II
- 30, Cheshire StreetGrade II
- 30, Shropshire StreetGrade II
- 35, Stafford StreetGrade II
- 38 Stafford StreetGrade II
- 51, Shropshire StreetGrade II
- 53, Shropshire StreetGrade II
- 55, Shropshire StreetGrade II
- 6 and 8, Great Hales StreetGrade II
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- 6, Church StreetGrade II
- 71, Stafford StreetGrade II
- 73, Stafford StreetGrade II
- 9, Great Hales StreetGrade II
- 9, High StreetGrade II
- 9, Shropshire StreetGrade II
- 9, Stafford StreetGrade II
- Badgers CourtGrade II
- Beech Tree HouseGrade II
- Beeston Memorial Approximately 23 Metres to South East of Tower of Church of Saint MaryGrade II
- Brooklyn HouseGrade II
- Church HouseGrade II
- Churchyard Gates and Gate Piers Approximately 25 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of Saint MaryGrade II
- Churchyard Retaining Wall at Rear of Numbers 6-10Grade II
- Coach and HorsesGrade II
- Corbet Arms HotelGrade II
- Crown Hotel Crown Hotel Including Former Brewery Adjoining at RearGrade II
- Drayton HouseGrade II
- Forge HouseGrade II
- Haslam Memorial Approximately 3 Metres to South East of South Aisle of Church of Saint MaryGrade II
- Hesketh HouseGrade II
- Kings ArmsGrade II
- No. 39, Shropshire StreetGrade II
- No. 4, Church StreetGrade II
- Nos. 19 and 21, Great Hales StreetGrade II
- Number 14 High Street and Number 2 Church StreetGrade II
- Number 9 and Part of Number 7aGrade II
- Numbers 14 (ryland House), 16 and 16aGrade II
- Numbers 32 and 34 (townsend House)Grade II
- Old George ChambersGrade II
- Poynton HouseGrade II
- Red House CottageGrade II
- Roman Catholic Church of St Thomas Aquinas and St Stephen Harding and PresbyteryGrade II
- Saint Mary's Hall and the Old Grammar SchoolGrade II
- Sandbrook Memorial Approximately 17 Metres to North East of Chancel of Church of Saint MaryGrade II
- St Mary's Cottage and St Martha's CottageGrade II
- Sundial Approximately 17 Metres North of Chancel of Church of Saint MaryGrade II
- The Butter MarketGrade II
- The Old VicarageGrade II
- The Red HouseGrade II
- The Red LionGrade II
- The Salopian StarGrade II
- The Sandbrook VaultsGrade II
- War MemorialGrade 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
WEBMarket Drayton Conservation Area AppraisalShropshire 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 Shropshire Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.