Old Town High StreetConservation Area

About the Old Town High Street Conservation Area

The Old Town High Street Conservation Area covers about 27 hectares and was designated by Stevenage Borough Council in 1969. Inside the boundary are 87 listed buildings (5 Grade II*, 82 Grade II). The most significant is 131, High Street, Grade II*. 1 Article 4 direction over the area removes further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below. 82 Tree Preservation Order records overlap the area; every other tree here still needs six weeks’ notice before work.

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.

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.

• StevenageHouseholder 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.

• 131, High StreetGrade II*
• 156 High Street, StevenageGrade II*
• 2, Letchmore RoadGrade II*
• 94-98, High StreetGrade II*
• The GrangeGrade II*
• 1 and 3, Church LaneGrade II
• 1 and 3, Middle RowGrade II
• 1, Bowling GreenGrade II
• 1, High StreetGrade II
• 10, High StreetGrade II
• 104, High StreetGrade II
• 106, High StreetGrade II
• 108, High StreetGrade II
• 11, Church LaneGrade II
• 11, Middle RowGrade II
• 110 and 112, High StreetGrade II
• 114, High StreetGrade II
• 12, High StreetGrade II
• 123 and 125, High StreetGrade II
• 127 and 129, High StreetGrade II
• 13, Middle RowGrade II
• 136, High StreetGrade II
• 14 and 16, High StreetGrade II
• 15 and 17, Middle RowGrade II

Streets in the conservation area

Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.

Nearby conservation areas