Planning permission in Tameside
Most single-storey rear extensions within the national permitted development limits don't need planning permission in Tameside. The rules are stricter in its 9 conservation areas, where side extensions, two-storey extensions and loft dormers need permission. Check your address to see which rules apply.
Tameside at a glance
- Conservation areas
- 9
- Article 4 areas
- Not published
- Protected landscapes
- Peak District
- Planning decisions
- Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
How many conservation areas are there in Tameside?
Tameside has 9 conservation areas. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are reduced: side extensions, two-storey extensions, loft dormers and cladding all need planning permission, and many councils add Article 4 directions on top.
- Ashton Town Centre
- Carrbrook
- Copley
- Fairfield
- Millbrook
- Mottram in Longdendale
- Portland Basin
- St. Annes, Haughton
- Stalybridge Town Centre
Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.
Does Tameside have Article 4 directions?
Tameside hasn't published any Article 4 boundaries on planning.data.gov.uk. Most councils have at least one Article 4 direction, often in conservation areas, so check the council's website or ask its planning team before relying on permitted development.
What is an Article 4 direction?
Is any of Tameside in a national park, National Landscape or green belt?
- National park in or bordering Tameside: Peak District.
- There is green belt in or bordering Tameside. Householder permitted development rights apply as normal in the green belt, but if you need planning permission, green belt policy limits how much a home can be enlarged.
National parks and National Landscapes restrict permitted development in similar ways to conservation areas. Read more: extensions, loft dormers and garden rooms.
Listed buildings and protected trees in Tameside
Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Tameside doesn't publish listed building outlines, so where a listed building is recorded near an address, we ask the homeowner to check whether it's theirs.
Tameside doesn't publish its tree preservation orders as data. If there are mature trees near your project, ask the council whether any are protected before you start.
What planning data does Tameside publish?
| Data | Status | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Conservation area boundaries | Published | 9 |
| Article 4 direction boundaries | Not published | 0 |
| Listed building outlines | Not published | 0 |
| Tree preservation order areas | Not published | 0 |
| Protected trees | Not published | 0 |
Planning work on a home in Tameside? Put a pin on your house and we'll check it against all of this.
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Data from planning.data.gov.uk, published by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 31 October 2026. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council website.