About the Fairfield Road Conservation Area
The Fairfield Road Conservation Area covers about 19 hectares within London Borough of Tower Hamlets’s area. Inside the boundary are 22 listed buildings (1 Grade II*, 21 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Mary Stratford Bow, Grade II*. 131 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.
- 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 St Mary Stratford BowGrade II*
- 163, Bow Road E3Grade II
- 199, Bow Road E3Grade II
- 2 Bollards (between Statue of We Gladstone and St Mary's Churchyard EntranceGrade II
- 2-22, Fairfield Road E3Grade II
- 223, Bow Road E3Grade II
- 94, Fairfield Road E3Grade II
- Boundary Wall to Road at Fairfield Match WorksGrade II
- Bryant and May Factory, Main BuildingGrade II
- Bryant and May War MemorialGrade II
- Fairfield Match WorksGrade II
- Fairfield Match WorksGrade II
- Fairfield Match WorksGrade II
- Fairfield Match WorksGrade II
- Fairfield Match Works (bryant and May)Grade II
- Former Poplar Town Hall (bow House)Grade II
- Gentlemen's Public Convenience at Bromley-by-Bow Adjacent to Statue of We GladstoneGrade II
- Iron Railings, Gates and Gate Piers to Churchyard of St Mary's ChurchGrade II
- London Transport Trolley Bus DepotGrade II
- Monument to Joseph Dawson in the Churchyard of St Mary BowGrade II
- Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Catherine of SienaGrade II
- Statue of We Gladstone at West End of St Mary's ChurchyardGrade 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.