Newland Conservation Area

As part of the Council’s strategic review of the City’s conservation areas Newland Conservation Area is undergoing a re-survey. The Council are reviewing if Newland should be retained as a conservation area or if its boundary should be altered. Public feedback is requested before further decisions are made.

A preliminary survey has identified that the area does not have a specific definition of ‘special architectural or historic interest’. It includes several individual buildings and sites of both national and local importance, but also includes areas of modern development and negative alterations. The Council have the option to de-designate the conservation area or transfer buildings of special interest to adjoining conservation areas.

The following four options have been progressed for public consultation -

Option 1 - Retain Existing Newland Conservation Area Boundary

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The option proposes -

• Retain existing conservation area boundary
• The special interest of the conservation area would be -
  • the grouping of late Victorian and Edwardian buildings
  • the contribution made by trees
  • the contribution made by individual buildings of significance

Risk associated with Option 1 includes -

• the conservation area would retain areas of negative and neutral value
• the character of the built environment would be weak
• the retention of the existing boundary would not meet national policy requirements

If this option is progressed a full character appraisal will be written and published for public consultation.

Option 2 - De-designate the Newland Conservation Area and transfer areas of special interest to adjoining Conservation Areas

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The option proposes the following boundary amendments -

• transfer the Haworth Arms, and adjoining buildings, and St John’s Church and Vicarage back into the Beverley High Road Conservation Area
• transfer Newland House into the Beverley Road Conservation Area
• transfer numbers 96 to 114 Cottingham Road (even) into the Cottingham Road Conservation Area
• add numbers 25, 27, 29 and 31 Cottingham Road to the Hull Local Heritage list
• de-designate the remaining area of the Newland Conservation Area

The benefits and risks of the proposal are -

• the transfer of land and buildings to the Beverley Road, Beverley High Road and Newland Park Conservation Area will strengthen their individual elements of special interest, and retain areas of special interest within conservation area designation
• the option will remove areas of negative value or weak character status from conservation area designation
• it will comply with National Planning Policy tests for conservation area designation
• individual listed buildings will remain unaffected by the change in status, with the exemption of trees within their curtilage
• a survey would be required to assess relevant trees which require individual Tree Preservation Order

If this option is progressed individual character appraisals will be prepared for the Cottingham Road and Beverley High Road Conservation Areas.

Option 3 - Remove areas of Negative Character from the Newland Conservation Area Boundary.

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• the option proposes the removal of the following areas from the designated boundary of the NCA - Lidl Supermarket and surrounding land
• Grove House and surrounding land
• Oasis Hub
• area of low value housing to the south side of Cottingham Road

The remaining elements of the Conservation Area would consist of -

• St John’s Church & Vicarage
• Haworth Arms
• remaining 18th century buildings to the south of Cottingham Road
• Tree avenue along Cottingham Road
• Newland Homes
• Edwardian terraced dwellings to northside of Cottingham Road
• local and national listed buildings to southside of Cottingham Road

The benefits and risks of the option are -

• it would remove negative and neutral buildings and land from the NCA in compliance with National Planning Policy
• the boundary would be fragmented to the south side of Cottingham Road
• the character of the retained built environment would still have weak elements
• the special interest would be limited to groupings of individual buildings, rather than being an area of special interest
• the special interest would consist of Victorian and Edwardian buildings along a tree lined avenue
• trees would retain their protection as part of the conservation area, with the exemption of Grove house

Option 4 - De-designated the Newland Conservation Area in full

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A final option is given to de-designate the Newland Conservation Area in full. The benefits and risks of the proposal are -

• the option removes all element of negative buildings and land from conservation area designation
• it removes individual buildings and areas of special interest from conservation area designation
• it removes protection from mature trees and the tree avenue along Cottingham Road

If the option is progressed additions would need to be made to the Hull Local Heritage List and a survey of trees completed for potential individual TPO.

Public Feedback

To determine which option to progress the Council would like to receive feedback from local residents, land owners and visitors to the area.

To provide feedback or find out further information you can -

• complete the following survey
• write to -
  • Dev.control@hullcc.gov.uk
  • Hull City Council Guildhall Alfred Gelder Street Kingston Upon Hull HU1 2AA
• attend a drop in consultation session -
  • Date - Thursday 28 May 2026
  • Time - 3pm to 7pm (drop-in any time)
  • Location - Hardy Conference Room, Canham Turner Building, University of Hull, Cottingham Road.

Public feedback will take place between Saturday 9 May 2026 and Friday 26 June 2026.