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East of EnglandConservation areas in Huntingdonshire District Council
60 conservation areas and 6 Article 4 directions on the official register. If your property is in one, extensions, lofts, cladding, outbuildings and demolition follow stricter rules.
Conservation areas
Abbots Ripton
Designated 1979 · ref. CONARA/00032
Rules & recordAbbotsley
Official record · ref. CONARA/00013
Rules & recordAlconbury
Designated 1977 · ref. CONARA/00021
Rules & recordAlconbury Weston
Official record · ref. CONARA/00020
Rules & recordAlwalton
Designated 1976 · ref. CONARA/00015
Rules & recordBluntisham
Designated 1980 · ref. CONARA/00043
Rules & recordBrampton
Official record · ref. CONARA/00016
Rules & recordBroughton
Designated 1978 · ref. CONARA/00027
Rules & recordBuckden
Designated 1974 · ref. CONARA/00011
Rules & recordBythorn
Official record · ref. CONARA/00028
Rules & recordCatworth
Official record · ref. CONARA/00046
Rules & recordCovington
Official record · ref. CONARA/00047
Rules & recordDiddington
Official record · ref. CONARA/00049
Rules & recordEarith
Designated 1979 · ref. CONARA/00059
Rules & recordEaston
Official record · ref. CONARA/00029
Rules & recordEllington
Official record · ref. CONARA/00037
Rules & recordElton
Official record · ref. CONARA/00014
Rules & recordFenstanton
Designated 1974 · ref. CONARA/00005
Rules & recordGlatton
Official record · ref. CONARA/00006
Rules & recordGodmanchester Earning Street
Designated 1972 · ref. CONARA/00002
Rules & recordGodmanchester Post Street
Designated 1972 · ref. CONARA/00001
Rules & recordGreat Gidding
Official record · ref. CONARA/00017
Rules & recordGreat Gransden
Official record · ref. CONARA/00044
Rules & recordHartford
Official record · ref. CONARA/00022
Rules & recordHilton
Official record · ref. CONARA/00004
Rules & recordHolywell
Designated 1980 · ref. CONARA/00039
Rules & recordHoughton and Wyton
Designated 1974 · ref. CONARA/00033
Rules & recordHuntingdon
Designated 1972 · ref. CONARA/00058
Rules & recordKeyston
Official record · ref. CONARA/00030
Rules & recordKimbolton
Designated 1974 · ref. CONARA/00003
Rules & recordKings Ripton
Official record · ref. CONARA/00036
Rules & recordLeighton Bromswold
Designated 1974 · ref. CONARA/00010
Rules & recordLittle Ravely
Official record · ref. CONARA/00038
Rules & recordLittle Stukeley
Official record · ref. CONARA/00045
Rules & recordMolesworth
Official record · ref. CONARA/00018
Rules & recordOfford Cluney
Designated 1980 · ref. CONARA/00041
Rules & recordRamsey and Bury
Designated 1975 · ref. CONARA/00055
Rules & recordSaint Neots Incl Eynesbury and Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford
Official record · ref. CONARA/00056
Rules & recordSawtry
Official record · ref. CONARA/00048
Rules & recordSomersham
Designated 1974 · ref. CONARA/00007
Rules & recordSpaldwick
Official record · ref. CONARA/00023
Rules & recordSt Ives
Designated 1978 · ref. CONARA/00057
Rules & recordStaughton Highway
Official record · ref. CONARA/00035
Rules & recordStibbington
Official record · ref. CONARA/00025
Rules & recordStilton
Official record · ref. CONARA/00019
Rules & recordStonely
Designated 1991 · ref. CONARA/00050
Rules & recordStow Longa
Official record · ref. CONARA/00042
Rules & recordThe Hemingfords
Designated 1974 · ref. CONARA/00060
Rules & recordThe Town, Gt. Staughton
Official record · ref. CONARA/00034
Rules & recordTilbrook
Official record · ref. CONARA/00051
Rules & recordUpwood
Official record · ref. CONARA/00008
Rules & recordWansford
Official record · ref. CONARA/00012
Rules & recordWarboys
Designated 1991 · ref. CONARA/00053
Rules & recordWaresley
Official record · ref. CONARA/00040
Rules & recordWater Newton
Official record · ref. CONARA/00024
Rules & recordWennington
Official record · ref. CONARA/00031
Rules & recordWistow
Official record · ref. CONARA/00026
Rules & recordWoodhurst
Designated 1991 · ref. CONARA/00052
Rules & recordYaxley
Designated 1974 · ref. CONARA/00009
Rules & recordYelling
Official record · ref. CONARA/00054
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 Huntingdonshire 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 Galley Hill, Hemingford Grey, Poultry Houses (11 November 1959)
- High Bank, Hill View, Spaldwick Road, Stow Longa (2 December 1968)
- Land East Of Crosshall Road, St Neots (23 November 2017)
- Oundle Road, Alwalton (18 February 1969)
- Part of former Kimbolton Airfield (4 May 1976)
- Royal Oak Public House, 79 High Street, Hail Weston, PE19 5JW (29 June 2015)
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.