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East of EnglandConservation areas in East Cambridgeshire District Council
28 conservation areas and 292 Article 4 directions on the official register. If your property is in one, extensions, lofts, cladding, outbuildings and demolition follow stricter rules.
Conservation areas
Ashley
Designated 2005 · ref. 05/00001/CONARA
Rules & recordBottisham
Designated 1973 · ref. CONARA/1200
Rules & recordBrinkley
Designated 1974 · ref. CONARA/1230
Rules & recordBurrough Green
Designated 1974 · ref. CONARA/1240
Rules & recordBurwell - High Town
Designated 2006 · ref. 06/00017/CONARA
Rules & recordBurwell - North Street
Designated 2006 · ref. 06/00016/CONARA
Rules & recordCheveley
Designated 1981 · ref. CONARA/1210
Rules & recordChippenham
Designated 1975 · ref. CONARA/1120
Rules & recordDullingham
Designated 2010 · ref. 10/00151/CONARA
Rules & recordEly
Designated 2007 · ref. 07/00089/CONARA
Rules & recordFordham
Designated 1975 · ref. CONARA/1110
Rules & recordHaddenham
Designated 2008 · ref. 08/00098/CONARA
Rules & recordHill Row Haddenham
Designated 2008 · ref. 08/00097/CONARA
Rules & recordIsleham
Designated 1975 · ref. CONARA/1100
Rules & recordLittle Downham
Designated 2012 · ref. 12/00111/CONARA
Rules & recordLittleport
Designated 2010 · ref. 10/00205/CONARA
Rules & recordLode
Designated 1991 · ref. CONARA/1190
Rules & recordReach
Designated 1975 · ref. CONARA/1150
Rules & recordSnailwell
Designated 1991 · ref. CONARA/1130
Rules & recordSoham
Designated 2007 · ref. 07/00004/CONARA
Rules & recordStretham
Designated 2009 · ref. 09/00110/CONARA
Rules & recordSutton
Designated 2013 · ref. 13/00037/CONARA
Rules & recordSwaffham Bulbeck
Designated 1981 · ref. CONARA/1180
Rules & recordSwaffham Prior
Designated 1974 · ref. CONARA/1170
Rules & recordUpend
Designated 1974 · ref. CONARA/1250
Rules & recordWicken
Designated 1975 · ref. CONARA/1090
Rules & recordWilburton
Designated 1991 · ref. CONARA/1060
Rules & recordWitcham
Designated 1974 · ref. CONARA/1030
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 East Cambridgeshire District 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.
- 1 & 19 Castlehythe, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1 & 2 Stonefields Cottages, Mill Lane, Burwell (12 November 2008)
- 1 Barton Road, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1 Brook Dam Lane, Soham (12 November 2008)
- 1 Cambridge Road, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1 Springhead Lane, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1 Townsend, Soham (12 November 2008)
- 1 West Fen Road, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1-12 The Range, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1-15 (odds) Bernard Street, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1-15 (odds) Chiefs Street, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1-15 (odds) Cromwell Road, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1-15 (odds) Parade Lane, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1-15 Hills Lane, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1-1a West End, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1-35 (odds) Victoria Street, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1-5 (odds) Waterside, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1-55 (odds) Deacons Lane, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1-7 (odds) New Barns Road, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 1, 3, 9, 11-15 (odds) Beech Lane, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 10 - 26 Evens (9) Hall Street, Soham (12 November 2008)
- 10 Broad Street, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 10-14 (evens) Downham Road, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 10-20 (evens) Chiefs Street, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 100 Silver Street, Burwell (12 November 2008)
- 104-114 (evens) Broad Street, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 11 - 13 Hall Street, Soham (12 November 2008)
- 116-118 Broad Street, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 12 - 14 Evens (2) Fordham Road, Soham (12 November 2008)
- 12 High Street, Burwell (12 November 2008)
- 12 Mandeville, Burwell (12 November 2008)
- 122 Broad Street, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 126-128 Broad Street, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 12a-18 (evens) Egremont Street, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 13-15 (odds) Barton Road, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 13-15 (odds) Prickwillow Road, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 13-25 (odds) Cambridge Road, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 130-134 Broad Street, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 14-14a (evens) Back Hill, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 14, 16, 18, 20 & 22 North Street, Burwell (12 November 2008)
- 15 Speed Lane, Soham (12 November 2008)
- 16 Back Hill, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 16 Fordham Road, Soham (12 November 2008)
- 16 High Street, Burwell (12 November 2008)
- 16 Sand Street, Soham (12 November 2008)
- 16-24 (evens) Newnham Street, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 16, 18 & 20 (3) The Causeway, Burwell (12 November 2008)
- 17 Hall Street, Soham (12 November 2008)
- 17 Speed Lane, Soham (12 November 2008)
- 17-19 Back Hill, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 17-25 (odds) Vineyards, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 17-31 (odds) New Barns Road, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 18 - 24 Evens (4) Station Road, Soham (12 November 2008)
- 18 Barton Road, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 18 Downham Road, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 18-22 (evens) Back Hill, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 18-22 (evens) Lynn Road, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 18, 16 & 16a Church Lane, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 19 Broad Street, Ely (28 October 2009)
- 19 Fordham Road, Soham (12 November 2008)
Showing 60 of 292. The full list is on the council's website.
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