Planning

Staveley Conservation Area

Staveley is a large historic village located at the confluence of the rivers Kent and Gowan. Its special qualities include:

Distinct residential, industrial and agricultural assets
The most visible being the mainly 19th-century cottages, shops and pubs that line the Main Street
Behind which lie some very substantial 19th-century mill buildings, built for wool processing, wood turning and corn milling, now successfully adapted to other purposes
Powered by the River Kent, which serves as the attractive rural boundary to the conservation area
Fields, farms and fells and long views to surrounding crags and scars providing an attractive rural backdrop
Many buildings of architectural and historical interest, including the tower of the medieval Church of St Margaret, the 19th-century Church of St James, with its Morris and Co stained glass, the former Abbey Hotel, former bank buildings, chapels and pubs
Fine historic farm group at Staveley Park and Far Park
The superb Victorian terrace of Danes Row with its attractive front gardens and trees
Brow Lane and the meadow below it forming a substantial and important area of green space within the village
A thriving and growing light-industrial sector, using the village’s historic mill buildings to good economic effect