Conservation Homepage

The conservation service advises Development Control on planning applications affecting listed buildings and conservation areas. Advice is also given to owners that live in listed buildings or within conservation areas on aspects such as building construction or use of suitable materials for example. Applications are also assessed alongside the statutory development plan that includes Local Plan policies that cover the historic environment and national policy guidance covered in Planning Policy Guidance Note 15: 'Planning and the Historic Environment' and related Planning Circulars 01/01, 09/2005 and 01/2007.

Proposed Burton Manor Conservation Area Stafford Borough Council is considering the designation of a new "Burton Manor Village Conservation Area". The consultation period ends Friday 22nd August 2008. Click here for further information.

Stone Town Centre Conservation Area Appraisal/Review The consultation for this document has now closed. The Appraisal is being referred to Council Members for approval.  

Stafford Town Centre Conservation Area Appraisal/Review The consultation for this document has now closed. The Appraisal is being referred to Council Members for approval. 

Conservation Areas General information on the meaning of conservation areas and Article 4 Directions.

Lists of Conservation Areas in Stafford Borough Comprehensive list of Stafford Borough's 29 conservation areas.

Listed Buildings General information on listed meaning and what it means. To view Stafford Borough's list of Listed Buildings, please click here.

Grants for Historic Buildings Grant assistance in the repair of listed buildings in need of urgent repair. The Borough Council does not have any funds available for the repair or restoration of Historic Buildings.

Design and Access Statements for Listed Buildings A new statutory requirement for the inclusion of listed building applications.

Conservation within the Highway: Structures of Historic Importance (May 2004) Guidance notes prepared and published by Staffordshire County Council.

Shopfront Improvement Grant Scheme (Stone Market Town Initiative) Initiative run by the council's Economic Development Section to improve Stone town centre's shopfronts through replacement of poorly designed modern schemes or contributions towards the restoration of existing historic fabric. This initiative will run up until March 2008.

Conservation and Urban Design Planning - Building and Landscape Design Services

Applications for Listed Buildings

Urban Secrets Project commissioned by the Culturegen section, discussing and appraising the architecture of Stafford town from the 1870s to the 1990s.

Conservation Links Useful links to other organisations and bodies involved in building conservation.

Archaeology This function is carried out by Staffordshire County Council. Archaeology is usually undertaken when either development proposals may affect possible sites of known archaeology (such as Scheduled Ancient Monuments).