Conservation Areas

Information on conservation areas

What is a Conservation Area?

Local planning authorities have a responsibility to designate Conservation Areas, which are defined as:

an area of special architectural or historic interest, the character and appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance.' – Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990.

If you live, work or own property in a Conservation Area, certain responsibilities are placed on both you and the council to preserve or enhance that special character and appearance.

  • In many cases, you must apply for permission to extend or demolish a part of a property;
  • Proposals for new development, signs and advertisements will need to be sensitive to their surroundings, and;
  • The council must be notified where works are proposed to prune or fell a tree.

Conservation Areas normally contain many listed buildings. These are either individual buildings or groups of buildings that are of special architectural or historic interest. Anyone who owns or lives near to a listed building should be aware that these are subject to their own special legal protection.

Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans

Since the conservation areas were originally designated, many villages have grown and, in some cases, this has had an effect on the character of some conservation areas. This means we need to keep the boundaries of conservation areas under review and to consider possible amendments to them.

South Staffordshire's Conservation Areas

South Staffordshire currently has 19 conservation areas. Information on each conservation area can be viewed by clicking the links in the table below. 
You can also view conservation areas using the Interactive Map.

CONSERVATION AREAS

MAP

DOCUMENT

Blymhill

Blymhill Map 

Blymhill Management Plan

Brewood

Brewood Map 

Brewood Management Plan

Chamberlain's Lane, Penn Common

Chamberlain's Lane, Penn Common Map 

Chamberlain's Lane, Penn Common Management Plan

Chillington Estate

Chillington Estate Map 

Chillington Estate Management Plan

Codsall and Oaken

Codsall and Oaken Map 

Codsall and Oaken Management Plan

Enville Village and Estate

Enville Village and Estate Map 

Enville Village and Estate Management Plan

Himley Village and Parkland

Himley Village and Parkland Map 

Himley Village and Parkland Management Plan

Kinver

Kinver Map 

Kinver Management Plan

Lapley

Lapley Map 

Lapley Management Plan

Lower Penn

Lower Penn Map

Lower Penn Management Plan

Pattingham

Pattingham Map

Pattingham Management Plan

Penkridge

Penkridge Map 

Penkridge Management Plan

Shropshire Union Canal

No Map

Shropshire Union Canal Management Plan

Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal

No Map

Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Management Plan

Stourbridge Canal

No Map

Stourbridge Canal Management Plan

Trysull and Seisdon

Trysull and Seisdon Map 

Trysull and Seisdon Management Plan

Weston-under-Lizard Village and Estate

Weston-under-Lizard Map 

Weston-under-Lizard Management Plan

Wheaton Aston

Wheaton Aston Map

 

Wheaton Aston Management Plan

Wombourne

Wombourne Map 

Wombourne Management Plan

The conservation area at Chamberlain's Lane, Penn Common adjoins the Vicarage Road & Woodlands Conservation Area of Wolverhampton City Council. Similarly, the Weston-under-Lizard Conservation Area extends southwards beyond both the District and County boundary into Shropshire and Tong Parish. Three of the conservation areas cover lengths of canal and these only relate to those portions of the canals within South Staffordshire. The remaining lengths of canal are protected by similar designations in adjoining local authority areas.

Buffer Zones

The revised Conservation Areas with Management Plans and Appraisals include Buffer Zones. These are areas in which some types of development would have an adverse effect upon the character and integrity of the buildings and land within conservation areas.

Almost all of the newly designated conservation areas have Buffer Zones. We aim to ensure that development within Buffer Zones preserves or enhances the special interest of the conservation area and causes no harm to that special interest. Buffer Zones are also seen as being important in protecting views into and out from conservation areas by ensuring that they remain protected from the wrong type of development.

Contact

Email: conservation@sstaffs.gov.uk

Telephone: (01902) 696000

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