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18 conservation areas and 18 Article 4 directions on the official register. If your property is in one, extensions, lofts, cladding, outbuildings and demolition follow stricter rules.
Conservation areas
Barrow Road
Designated 2016 · ref. 8
Rules & recordBrooklands Avenue
Designated 2013 · ref. 14
Rules & recordCastle And Victoria Road
Designated 2018 · ref. 16
Rules & recordChesterton
Designated 2009 · ref. 20
Rules & recordConduit Head Road
Designated 2009 · ref. 23
Rules & recordDe Freville
Designated 2009 · ref. 27
Rules & recordFerry Lane
Designated 2009 · ref. 34
Rules & recordHistoric Core
Designated 2018 · ref. 19
Rules & recordHowes Place
Designated 2024 · ref. 101
Rules & recordKite
Designated 2018 · ref. 58
Rules & recordMill Road
Designated 2018 · ref. 70
Rules & recordNew Town And Glisson Road
Designated 2018 · ref. 72
Rules & recordNewnham Croft
Designated 1998 · ref. 73
Rules & recordRiverside
Designated 2018 · ref. 81
Rules & recordSouthacre
Designated 1999 · ref. 84
Rules & recordStorey's Way
Designated 2008 · ref. 88
Rules & recordTrumpington
Designated 2010 · ref. 93
Rules & recordWest Cambridge
Designated 2018 · ref. 95
Rules & recordWhat a conservation area changes
Extensions
Side extensions, and rear extensions of more than one storey, are not permitted development — they need planning permission. Single-storey rear extensions keep their normal limits, but the Larger Home Extension prior-approval route is not available.
Lofts and roofs
Roof extensions such as dormers are not permitted development. Rooflights are usually fine if they don't project more than 15 cm.
Cladding
Cladding the outside of a house in stone, artificial stone, pebble dash, render, timber, plastic or tiles needs planning permission.
Outbuildings
Garden rooms, sheds and other outbuildings to the side of the house need planning permission.
Demolition
Demolishing a building larger than 115 m³ needs planning permission. Taking down a wall, gate or fence over 1 m high next to a road (or 2 m elsewhere) also needs permission.
Trees
You must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting down or pruning most trees (trunk over 7.5 cm across at 1.5 m high), even if they are not protected by a tree preservation order.
Article 4 directions
Councils can remove more permitted development rights — for example for windows, doors, porches or front boundaries — with an Article 4 direction. Check the council's list below.
Article 4 directions in Cambridge City Council
These remove some permitted development rights in the areas they cover — check whether one applies to your property before you rely on permitted development.
- Accordia (1 September 2014)
- Rhode Island (formerly The Unicorn Public House) (31 March 2014)
- Robin Hood Public House (31 March 2014)
- The Blue Moon Public House (formerly Man On The Moon) (31 March 2014)
- The Carlton Arms Public House (31 March 2014)
- The Corner House Public House (31 March 2014)
- The Duke Of Cambridge Public House (formerly The Bakers) (31 March 2014)
- The Golden Hind Public House (31 March 2014)
- The Jenny Wren Public House (31 March 2014)
- The Med Public House (31 March 2014)
- The Milton Arms Public House (31 March 2014)
- The Rock Public House (31 March 2014)
- The Seven Stars Public House (31 March 2014)
- The Ship Public House (31 March 2014)
- The Snug Public House (31 March 2014)
- The Waterman Public House (31 March 2014)
- The Wrestlers Public House (31 March 2014)
- Travellers Rest (31 March 2014)
Conservation area and Article 4 data: planning.data.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always confirm boundaries and rules with the council before starting work. General information, not legal advice.