About the Wapping Wall Conservation Area
The Wapping Wall Conservation Area covers about 33 hectares and was designated by London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 2008. Inside the boundary are 19 listed buildings (1 Grade II*, 18 Grade II). The most significant is London Hydraulic Power Company Station With Number 37, Grade II*. 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.
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.
- London Hydraulic Power Company Station With Number 37Grade II*
- A Warehouse, Metropolitan WharfGrade II
- Air Shaft to the Rotherhithe TunnelGrade II
- B and C Warehouse,Metropolitan WharfGrade II
- D Warehouse, Metropolitan WharfGrade II
- E, F, G, H Warehouse, New Crane WharfGrade II
- Free Trade WharfGrade II
- Jubilee WharfGrade II
- Lusk's Wharf, Lower Oliver's WharfGrade II
- New Crane WharfGrade II
- Pelican StairsGrade II
- Prospect of Whitby Public HouseGrade II
- Prusom's Island WarehouseGrade II
- Shadwell Basin Housing, 5-54 (cons) Maynards Quay, 1-62 (cons) Newlands Quay and 1-35 (odd) Peartree LaneGrade II
- Shadwell Dock StairsGrade II
- St Pauls TerraceGrade II
- Stone StairsGrade II
- Wall Closing North End of CourtyardGrade II
- Wapping Underground Station (brunel's Tunnel Entrance and the Stairways From Platform to Street Only)Grade 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.