About the Stoke Town Conservation Area
The Stoke Town Conservation Area covers about 14 hectares and was designated by Stoke-on-Trent City Council in 2022. Inside the boundary are 17 listed buildings (1 Grade II*, 16 Grade II). The most significant is Stoke Town Hall complex including the Kings Hall and Jubilee Hall, and balustrade to Glebe Street, Grade II*. 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.
- Stoke Town Centre Conservation AreaHouseholder 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.
- Stoke Town Hall complex including the Kings Hall and Jubilee Hall, and balustrade to Glebe StreetGrade II*
- 1, Brook StreetGrade II
- Chest Tomb of Garner Family, St Peter's Churchyard Approximately 70 Metres South of ChurchGrade II
- Chest Tomb to John Fenton in St Peter's Churchyard, Circa 100 Metres South East of ChurchGrade II
- Chest Tombs and Headstone of Carr Warburton and Berry Approximately 75 Metres South of ChurchGrade II
- Chest Tombs of Smith Family, St Peter's Churchyard, Approximately 5 Metres South of ChurchGrade II
- Chest Tombs of Spode Family, St Peter's Churchyard Approximately 100 Metres South West of ChurchGrade II
- Chest Tombs of Whalley and Broade Family Approximately 10 Metres South West of Church of St PeterGrade II
- Church of St Peter Ad VinculaGrade II
- Cross Fragment in St Peter's ChurchyardGrade II
- Headstone of Herbert Stansfield, St Peter's Churchyard Approximately 20 Metres South East of ChurchGrade II
- Number 2 to 6 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- Ruins of Earlier Church in St Peter's ChurchyardGrade II
- Spode Pottery: Buildings Around North West Courtyard, Including Entrance Gate, Gate Piers and Remains of Bottle KilnGrade II
- Stoke-on-Trent new Cenotaph and surrounding wallsGrade II
- The Glebe HotelGrade II
- Tomb of Josiah Wedgwood, St Peter's Churchyard Approximately 70 Metres South of ChurchGrade 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
WEBStoke Town Conservation Area AppraisalStoke-on-Trent City 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 Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.