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12 conservation areas and 13 Article 4 directions on the official register. If your property is in one, extensions, lofts, cladding, outbuildings and demolition follow stricter rules.
Conservation areas
Brandling Village
Designated 1976 · ref. 2
Rules & recordCentral
Designated 2009 · ref. 12
Rules & recordFramlington Place
Designated 1976 · ref. 3
Rules & recordGosforth
Designated 2001 · ref. 10
Rules & recordJesmond Dene
Designated 2000 · ref. 9
Rules & recordLeazes
Designated 1974 · ref. 7
Rules & recordNorthumberland Gardens
Designated 1987 · ref. 6
Rules & recordOuseburn
Designated 2005 · ref. 8
Rules & recordSouth Jesmond
Designated 1987 · ref. 4
Rules & recordSt Nicholas Hospital
Designated 1991 · ref. 1
Rules & recordSummerhill Square
Designated 1992 · ref. 5
Rules & recordWalbottle
Designated 2002 · ref. 11
Rules & recordWhat a conservation area changes
Extensions
Side extensions, and rear extensions of more than one storey, are not permitted development — they need planning permission. Single-storey rear extensions keep their normal limits, but the Larger Home Extension prior-approval route is not available.
Lofts and roofs
Roof extensions such as dormers are not permitted development. Rooflights are usually fine if they don't project more than 15 cm.
Cladding
Cladding the outside of a house in stone, artificial stone, pebble dash, render, timber, plastic or tiles needs planning permission.
Outbuildings
Garden rooms, sheds and other outbuildings to the side of the house need planning permission.
Demolition
Demolishing a building larger than 115 m³ needs planning permission. Taking down a wall, gate or fence over 1 m high next to a road (or 2 m elsewhere) also needs permission.
Trees
You must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting down or pruning most trees (trunk over 7.5 cm across at 1.5 m high), even if they are not protected by a tree preservation order.
Article 4 directions
Councils can remove more permitted development rights — for example for windows, doors, porches or front boundaries — with an Article 4 direction. Check the council's list below.
Article 4 directions in Newcastle City Council
These remove some permitted development rights in the areas they cover — check whether one applies to your property before you rely on permitted development.
- Brandy Vaults (18 July 1991)
- Dukes Cottages (14 September 1983)
- HW Jesmond & N Jesmond (9 December 2012)
- Jesmond and Heaton (25 November 2011)
- Northumberland Gardens (19 March 1997)
- Northumberland Gardens Exception (19 March 1997)
- Saint Gabriel's Estate, Heaton (9 August 2012)
- Saint Peter's Basin 1 (13 July 1996)
- Saint Peter's Basin 2 (14 July 1996)
- Saint Peter's Basin 3 (15 July 1996)
- Saint Peter's Basin 4 (16 July 1996)
- Saint Peter's Basin 5 (17 July 1996)
- Summerhill (19 December 1990)
Conservation area and Article 4 data: planning.data.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always confirm boundaries and rules with the council before starting work. General information, not legal advice.