About the Elder Street Conservation Area
The Elder Street Conservation Area covers about 3.5 hectares within London Borough of Tower Hamlets’s area. Inside the boundary are 24 listed buildings, all Grade II. 1 Article 4 direction over the area removes further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below.
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.
- SpitalfieldsHouseholder 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.
- 1 and 3, Elder Street E1Grade II
- 1, ELDER STREET E1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 10-18, Folgate Street E1Grade II
- 135-153, Commercial StreetGrade II
- 15, Elder Street E1Grade II
- 17-21, Folgate Street E1Grade II
- 17, Elder Street E1Grade II
- 19 and 21, Elder Street E1Grade II
- 2 Bollards (at Junction With Elder Street)Grade II
- 23, Elder Street E1Grade II
- 24, Elder Street E1Grade II
- 27, Folgate Street E1Grade II
- 28 and 30, Elder Street E1Grade II
- 36, Elder Street E1Grade II
- 5 and 7, Elder Street E1Grade II
- 6 and 8, Folgate Street E1Grade II
- Forecourt Wall and Gate Piers at the Central Foundation School For GirlsGrade II
- Former Police StationGrade II
- No. 37 SPITAL SQUARE (INCLUDING RAILINGS)Grade II
- Nos. 9-13, ELDER STREET; RAILINGS AT NOS 9 and 11Grade II
- Railings at Nos 32 and 34Grade II
- Street Lamp Affixed to Wall of No 26Grade II
- Street Lamp StandardGrade II
- The Central Foundation School For GirlsGrade II
Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.