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22 conservation areas and 27 Article 4 directions on the official register. If your property is in one, extensions, lofts, cladding, outbuildings and demolition follow stricter rules.
Conservation areas
Albert Square
Designated 2024 · ref. 12
Rules & recordAsh Green
Designated 2022 · ref. 08
Rules & recordBlurton Church
Designated 2022 · ref. 06
Rules & recordBurslem Town Centre
Designated 2022 · ref. 05
Rules & recordCaldon Canal
Designated 2022 · ref. 21
Rules & recordCity Centre
Designated 2022 · ref. 20
Rules & recordDresden
Designated 2022 · ref. 11
Rules & recordHanley Park
Designated 2022 · ref. 22
Rules & recordHartshill
Designated 2022 · ref. 09
Rules & recordLongton Town Centre
Designated 2022 · ref. 07
Rules & recordNewcastle Street
Designated 2022 · ref. 19
Rules & recordPark Terrace
Designated 2022 · ref. 15
Rules & recordPenkhull Garden Village
Designated 2022 · ref. 16
Rules & recordPenkhull Village
Designated 2022 · ref. 03
Rules & recordSt, Christopher Avenue
Designated 2022 · ref. 10
Rules & recordStoke Town
Designated 2022 · ref. 04
Rules & recordThe Villas
Designated 2022 · ref. 01
Rules & recordTower Square
Designated 2022 · ref. 14
Rules & recordTrent & Mersey Canal
Designated 2022 · ref. 13
Rules & recordVictoria Park
Designated 2022 · ref. 23
Rules & recordVictoria Road
Designated 2022 · ref. 18
Rules & recordWinton Square
Designated 2024 · ref. 02
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 Stoke-on-Trent 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.
- Albert Square Conservation Area (2 December 2024)
- Albert Square Conservation Area (2 December 2024)
- Ash Green Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
- Blurton Church Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
- Burslem Town Centre Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
- Caldon Canal Conservation Area (2 December 2024)
- Caldon Canal Conservation Area (2 December 2024)
- Caldon Canal Conservation Area (2 December 2024)
- Caldon Canal Conservation Area (2 December 2024)
- Caldon Canal Conservation Area (2 December 2024)
- Caldon Canal Conservation Area (2 December 2024)
- Caldon Canal Conservation Area (2 December 2024)
- Dresden Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
- Hanley Park Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
- Hartshill Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
- Longton Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
- Park Terrace Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
- Penkhull Garden Village Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
- Penkhull Village Conservation Area (2 December 2024)
- St Christopher Avenue Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
- Stoke Town Centre Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
- The Villas Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
- Tower Square Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
- Trent & Mersey Canal Conservation Area (2 December 2024)
- Trent & Mersey Canal Conservation Area (2 December 2024)
- Victoria Park Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
- Victoria Road Conservation Area (23 March 2023)
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.