Residents living in a conservation area, every council ranked
Where the council keeps the character of the streets, so an owner needs consent for changes such as demolition they otherwise would not. Figures for October 2026, published for 321 councils in England, Wales and Scotland. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Lowest: Castle Point, 0%. The council in the middle: West Lindsey, 6.7%. Highest: Isles of Scilly, 100%.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castle PointEast of England | 0% |
| 2 | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 0.3% |
| 3 joint | Blaenau GwentWales | 0.4% |
| 3 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 0.4% |
| 5 | SandwellWest Midlands | 0.5% |
| 6 | Neath Port TalbotWales | 0.6% |
| 7 | HaltonNorth West | 0.7% |
| 8 joint | DartfordSouth East | 0.8% |
| 8 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 0.8% |
| 10 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 0.9% |
| 10 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 0.9% |
| 10 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 0.9% |
| 10 joint | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 0.9% |
| 10 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 0.9% |
| 15 joint | BasildonEast of England | 1% |
| 15 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 1% |
| 17 | TamworthWest Midlands | 1.2% |
| 18 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 1.3% |
| 18 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 1.3% |
| 20 joint | HaveringLondon | 1.4% |
| 20 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 1.4% |
| 20 joint | SloughSouth East | 1.4% |
| 23 joint | BexleyLondon | 1.6% |
| 23 joint | FalkirkScotland | 1.6% |
| 25 | AshfieldEast Midlands | 1.7% |
| 26 joint | LutonEast of England | 1.8% |
| 26 joint | SalfordNorth West | 1.8% |
| 26 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 1.8% |
| 26 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 1.8% |
| 30 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 1.9% |
| 30 joint | FarehamSouth East | 1.9% |
| 30 joint | North LanarkshireScotland | 1.9% |
| 30 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 1.9% |
| 34 joint | CaerphillyWales | 2.1% |
| 34 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 2.1% |
| 34 joint | EastleighSouth East | 2.1% |
| 34 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 2.1% |
| 34 joint | WiganNorth West | 2.1% |
| 39 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 2.2% |
| 39 joint | TorfaenWales | 2.2% |
| 41 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 2.3% |
| 41 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 2.3% |
| 41 joint | HavantSouth East | 2.3% |
| 41 joint | TamesideNorth West | 2.3% |
| 45 joint | NewportWales | 2.5% |
| 45 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 2.5% |
| 45 joint | West DunbartonshireScotland | 2.5% |
| 48 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 2.6% |
| 48 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 2.6% |
| 50 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 2.7% |
| 50 joint | BridgendWales | 2.7% |
| 50 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 2.7% |
| 53 | CrawleySouth East | 2.8% |
| 54 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 2.9% |
| 54 joint | StevenageEast of England | 2.9% |
| 56 joint | BoltonNorth West | 3% |
| 56 joint | RenfrewshireScotland | 3% |
| 56 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 3% |
| 56 joint | South LanarkshireScotland | 3% |
| 56 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 3% |
| 61 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 3.1% |
| 61 joint | BuryNorth West | 3.1% |
| 61 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 3.1% |
| 61 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 3.1% |
| 65 joint | East RenfrewshireScotland | 3.2% |
| 65 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 3.2% |
| 65 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 3.2% |
| 65 joint | SuttonLondon | 3.2% |
| 65 joint | West LothianScotland | 3.2% |
| 70 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 3.3% |
| 70 joint | FlintshireWales | 3.3% |
| 70 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 3.3% |
| 70 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 3.3% |
| 70 joint | North AyrshireScotland | 3.3% |
| 70 joint | OldhamNorth West | 3.3% |
| 70 joint | RochfordEast of England | 3.3% |
| 70 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 3.3% |
| 78 | CoventryWest Midlands | 3.5% |
| 79 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 3.6% |
| 79 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 3.6% |
| 79 joint | SwindonSouth West | 3.6% |
| 79 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 3.6% |
| 79 joint | WrexhamWales | 3.6% |
| 84 joint | AdurSouth East | 3.7% |
| 84 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 3.7% |
| 84 joint | CarmarthenshireWales | 3.7% |
| 87 | BostonEast Midlands | 3.8% |
| 88 | BlackpoolNorth West | 3.9% |
| 89 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 4% |
| 89 joint | EnfieldLondon | 4% |
| 89 joint | MedwaySouth East | 4% |
| 89 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 4% |
| 93 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 4.1% |
| 93 joint | SeftonNorth West | 4.1% |
| 93 joint | SwanseaWales | 4.1% |
| 93 joint | WirralNorth West | 4.1% |
| 97 joint | CardiffWales | 4.2% |
| 97 joint | CroydonLondon | 4.2% |
| 97 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 4.2% |
| 97 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 4.2% |
| 101 joint | Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland | 4.3% |
| 101 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 4.3% |
| 101 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 4.3% |
| 101 joint | TraffordNorth West | 4.3% |
| 105 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 4.4% |
| 105 joint | HarlowEast of England | 4.4% |
| 105 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 4.4% |
| 108 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 4.5% |
| 108 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 4.5% |
| 110 joint | FenlandEast of England | 4.6% |
| 110 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 4.6% |
| 112 | Great YarmouthEast of England | 4.7% |
| 113 joint | ArunSouth East | 4.9% |
| 113 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 4.9% |
| 113 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 4.9% |
| 116 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 5% |
| 116 joint | WealdenSouth East | 5% |
| 118 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 5.1% |
| 118 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 5.1% |
| 118 joint | ReadingSouth East | 5.1% |
| 118 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 5.1% |
| 122 joint | AngusScotland | 5.2% |
| 122 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 5.2% |
| 122 joint | East AyrshireScotland | 5.2% |
| 122 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 5.2% |
| 122 joint | Isle of AngleseyWales | 5.2% |
| 127 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 5.3% |
| 127 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 5.3% |
| 127 joint | Shetland IslandsScotland | 5.3% |
| 130 joint | ConwyWales | 5.4% |
| 130 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 5.4% |
| 132 | HighlandScotland | 5.5% |
| 133 | Merthyr TydfilWales | 5.6% |
| 134 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 5.7% |
| 134 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 5.7% |
| 136 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 5.8% |
| 136 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 5.8% |
| 136 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 5.8% |
| 139 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 5.9% |
| 139 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 5.9% |
| 139 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 5.9% |
| 139 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 5.9% |
| 143 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 6% |
| 143 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 6% |
| 145 joint | ClackmannanshireScotland | 6.1% |
| 145 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 6.1% |
| 145 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 6.1% |
| 148 joint | MorayScotland | 6.2% |
| 148 joint | StockportNorth West | 6.2% |
| 150 joint | AberdeenshireScotland | 6.4% |
| 150 joint | Orkney IslandsScotland | 6.4% |
| 152 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 6.5% |
| 152 joint | Vale of GlamorganWales | 6.5% |
| 152 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 6.5% |
| 155 joint | HillingdonLondon | 6.6% |
| 155 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 6.6% |
| 157 joint | East DunbartonshireScotland | 6.7% |
| 157 joint | FifeScotland | 6.7% |
| 157 joint | IpswichEast of England | 6.7% |
| 157 joint | WaverleySouth East | 6.7% |
| 157 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 6.7% |
| 157 joint | WyreNorth West | 6.7% |
| 163 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 6.8% |
| 163 joint | BromleyLondon | 6.8% |
| 163 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 6.8% |
| 166 joint | HorshamSouth East | 6.9% |
| 166 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 6.9% |
| 168 | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 7% |
| 169 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 7.1% |
| 169 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 7.1% |
| 171 joint | FyldeNorth West | 7.2% |
| 171 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 7.2% |
| 173 | WatfordEast of England | 7.3% |
| 174 joint | South AyrshireScotland | 7.4% |
| 174 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 7.4% |
| 176 | DacorumEast of England | 7.5% |
| 177 | MidlothianScotland | 7.6% |
| 178 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 7.8% |
| 178 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 7.8% |
| 178 joint | SwaleSouth East | 7.8% |
| 181 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 7.9% |
| 181 joint | RotherSouth East | 7.9% |
| 183 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 8.1% |
| 183 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 8.1% |
| 185 joint | BarnetLondon | 8.2% |
| 185 joint | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | 8.2% |
| 185 joint | HartSouth East | 8.2% |
| 185 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 8.2% |
| 185 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 8.2% |
| 185 joint | WorthingSouth East | 8.2% |
| 191 joint | AshfordSouth East | 8.3% |
| 191 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 8.3% |
| 191 joint | DenbighshireWales | 8.3% |
| 191 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 8.3% |
| 195 joint | GwyneddWales | 8.4% |
| 195 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 8.4% |
| 195 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 8.4% |
| 198 | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 8.6% |
| 199 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 8.7% |
| 200 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 8.8% |
| 200 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 8.8% |
| 200 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 8.8% |
| 200 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 8.8% |
| 204 | TendringEast of England | 8.9% |
| 205 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 9% |
| 205 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 9% |
| 205 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 9% |
| 205 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 9% |
| 205 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 9% |
| 210 | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 9.3% |
| 211 joint | BedfordEast of England | 9.4% |
| 211 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 9.4% |
| 213 | East SuffolkEast of England | 9.5% |
| 214 | PrestonNorth West | 9.6% |
| 215 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 9.8% |
| 215 joint | MertonLondon | 9.8% |
| 215 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 9.8% |
| 218 joint | BrentLondon | 9.9% |
| 218 joint | East DevonSouth West | 9.9% |
| 218 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 9.9% |
| 221 | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 10% |
| 222 joint | InverclydeScotland | 10.2% |
| 222 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 10.2% |
| 224 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 10.3% |
| 224 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 10.3% |
| 226 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 10.4% |
| 226 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 10.4% |
| 228 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 10.5% |
| 228 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 10.5% |
| 228 joint | SomersetSouth West | 10.5% |
| 231 joint | LewesSouth East | 10.6% |
| 231 joint | New ForestSouth East | 10.6% |
| 233 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 10.9% |
| 233 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 10.9% |
| 235 joint | Aberdeen CityScotland | 11% |
| 235 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 11% |
| 237 | MaldonEast of England | 11.1% |
| 238 | ChichesterSouth East | 11.2% |
| 239 | DoverSouth East | 11.3% |
| 240 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 11.4% |
| 240 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 11.4% |
| 242 | UttlesfordEast of England | 11.5% |
| 243 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 11.6% |
| 243 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 11.6% |
| 243 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 11.6% |
| 243 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 11.6% |
| 247 joint | EalingLondon | 11.7% |
| 247 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 11.7% |
| 249 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 11.8% |
| 249 joint | PowysWales | 11.8% |
| 249 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 11.8% |
| 252 joint | PendleNorth West | 12% |
| 252 joint | Perth and KinrossScotland | 12% |
| 254 | Glasgow CityScotland | 12.1% |
| 255 | TeignbridgeSouth West | 12.2% |
| 256 | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 12.3% |
| 257 | LancasterNorth West | 12.4% |
| 258 | PembrokeshireWales | 12.6% |
| 259 | South OxfordshireSouth East | 12.7% |
| 260 | Dundee CityScotland | 12.9% |
| 261 | ThanetSouth East | 13% |
| 262 joint | CornwallSouth West | 13.1% |
| 262 joint | MonmouthshireWales | 13.1% |
| 264 | North DevonSouth West | 13.4% |
| 265 | ShropshireWest Midlands | 13.5% |
| 266 | Argyll and ButeScotland | 13.6% |
| 267 | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 14% |
| 268 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 14.3% |
| 268 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 14.3% |
| 270 | CeredigionWales | 14.5% |
| 271 | BaberghEast of England | 14.6% |
| 272 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 14.7% |
| 272 joint | Scottish BordersScotland | 14.7% |
| 274 | StirlingScotland | 14.8% |
| 275 | HarboroughEast Midlands | 14.9% |
| 276 | WinchesterSouth East | 15.1% |
| 277 | SouthwarkLondon | 15.3% |
| 278 | CherwellSouth East | 15.7% |
| 279 | High PeakEast Midlands | 15.8% |
| 280 | North HertfordshireEast of England | 15.9% |
| 281 | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 16.2% |
| 282 | WiltshireSouth West | 16.3% |
| 283 | OxfordSouth East | 16.4% |
| 284 | HounslowLondon | 16.9% |
| 285 | East LothianScotland | 17.3% |
| 286 | NorwichEast of England | 17.4% |
| 287 | ExeterSouth West | 17.6% |
| 288 | LewishamLondon | 17.7% |
| 289 | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 17.9% |
| 290 | DorsetSouth West | 18.4% |
| 291 | East HertfordshireEast of England | 19.1% |
| 292 | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 19.3% |
| 293 | Tower HamletsLondon | 19.4% |
| 294 | TorbaySouth West | 19.8% |
| 295 | LambethLondon | 20.2% |
| 296 | North NorfolkEast of England | 21.6% |
| 297 | St AlbansEast of England | 21.8% |
| 298 | HastingsSouth East | 22.2% |
| 299 | West DevonSouth West | 23.2% |
| 300 | BristolSouth West | 23.6% |
| 301 | City of EdinburghScotland | 24.3% |
| 302 | WandsworthLondon | 24.8% |
| 303 | West OxfordshireSouth East | 25.8% |
| 304 | HackneyLondon | 26% |
| 305 | CanterburySouth East | 26.1% |
| 306 | CotswoldSouth West | 26.2% |
| 307 | RutlandEast Midlands | 26.6% |
| 308 | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 27.5% |
| 309 | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 27.8% |
| 310 | CambridgeEast of England | 27.9% |
| 311 | HaringeyLondon | 29.4% |
| 312 | CheltenhamSouth West | 30.1% |
| 313 | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 31.4% |
| 314 | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 32.1% |
| 315 | IslingtonLondon | 32.4% |
| 316 | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 51.1% |
| 317 | CamdenLondon | 55.9% |
| 318 | WestminsterLondon | 64.7% |
| 319 | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 72.6% |
| 320 | City of LondonLondon | 73.5% |
| 321 | Isles of ScillySouth West | 100% |
Not in this list
- 29 councils. Outlines of nine in ten of its conservation areas are not yet on MHCLG's Planning Data, from its council, a National Park or Historic England.
- Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland publishes no outlines of its conservation areas.
MHCLG, Planning Data, conservation areas, 2026-10-20; DataMapWales, conservation areas in Wales, 2026-10-20; Historic Environment Scotland, conservation areas, 2026-10-20, read at every census area · October 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured
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