About the Flaybrick Hill Conservation Area
The Flaybrick Hill Conservation Area covers about 11 hectares and was designated by Wirral Borough Council in 1990. Inside the boundary are 6 listed buildings, all Grade II. 2 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.
- Cemetery Chapels at Flaybrick Hill CemeteryGrade II
- Lodge at Flaybrick Hill Cemetery Adjacent to the Western, Secondary Cemetery GatesGrade II
- Main Eastern Entrance Gates to Flaybrick Hill Cemetery Adjacent to the Eastern LodgeGrade II
- Main Western Gates to Flaybrick Hill Cemetery Adjacent to the Cemetery ChapelsGrade II
- Office and Lodge to Flaybrick Hill CemeteryGrade II
- Secondary Western Gates to Flaybrick Hill Cemetery Adjacent to the Western Cemetery LodgeGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBFlaybrick Hill Conservation Area AppraisalWirral Borough 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 Wirral Borough Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.