About the Eccleshall Conservation Area
The Eccleshall Conservation Area covers about 51 hectares and was designated by Stafford Borough Council in 1969. Inside the boundary are 57 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 54 Grade II). The most significant is Church of the Holy Trinity, Grade I. 1 Article 4 direction over the area removes further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below. 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.
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.
- Eccleshall Article 4Householder works
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 the Holy TrinityGrade I
- Eccleshall CastleGrade II*
- Tower at Eccleshall CastleGrade II*
- 1, High StreetGrade II
- 11, High StreetGrade II
- 12-24, Stone RoadGrade II
- 17-21, High StreetGrade II
- 2 and 4, Castle StreetGrade II
- 2, High StreetGrade II
- 20 and 22, Stafford StreetGrade II
- 23, Church StreetGrade II
- 24, High StreetGrade II
- 25-29, Stone RoadGrade II
- 26, High StreetGrade II
- 27, High StreetGrade II
- 29, High StreetGrade II
- 3-9, High StreetGrade II
- 36, High StreetGrade II
- 38, High StreetGrade II
- 39-43, High StreetGrade II
- 4, High StreetGrade II
- 40, High StreetGrade II
- 42, High StreetGrade II
- 46 and 48, High StreetGrade II
Show all 57 listed buildings ↓All 57 listed buildings
- 47 and 49, High StreetGrade II
- 51-55, High StreetGrade II
- 54 and 56, High StreetGrade II
- 63, High StreetGrade II
- 74, High StreetGrade II
- 76, High StreetGrade II
- 78, High StreetGrade II
- 8, High StreetGrade II
- 80 and 82, High StreetGrade II
- 9, Church StreetGrade II
- Bridge at Eccleshall CastleGrade II
- British Legion ClubGrade II
- Castle LodgeGrade II
- Churchyard Wall of Church of the Holy TrinityGrade II
- Crown InnGrade II
- Eccleshall Memorial CrossGrade II
- Fire StationGrade II
- George and Dragon InnGrade II
- K6 Telephone kioskGrade II
- Kings Arms InnGrade II
- London HouseGrade II
- Lychgate of Church of the Holy TrinityGrade II
- Memorial HallGrade II
- Midland BankGrade II
- Milestone at Front of Number 17Grade II
- Number 18 and Bell InnGrade II
- Police StationGrade II
- Remaining Moat Walls at Eccleshall CastleGrade II
- Royal Oak HotelGrade II
- Southwell HouseGrade II
- Stafford HouseGrade II
- The Old VicarageGrade II
- Turnstile to South East of Church of the Holy Trinity Churchyard, Adjoining LychgateGrade 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
WEBEccleshall Conservation Area AppraisalStafford 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 Stafford Borough Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.