Planning Policy

Conservation areas in Manchester

Manchester City Council has 34 conservation areas on the national planning data index. Inside any of them, external work faces a higher design bar and some permitted development rights are removed. Select yours to see what it means — or get a report that checks your exact address against the boundary.

The map

Every conservation area in Manchester

All 34 conservation areas Manchester City Council has published, mapped together. Click any shaded area for its page.

Boundary as published to the national planning data index — indicative. Tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © Crown copyright and database right, Open Government Licence.

The list

All Manchester conservation areas

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