About the GODMANCHESTER POST STREET Conservation Area
The GODMANCHESTER POST STREET Conservation Area covers about 32 hectares and was designated by Huntingdonshire District Council in 1972. Inside the boundary are 89 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 5 Grade II*, 83 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Mary, Grade I. 49 Tree Preservation Order records overlap the area; every other tree here still needs six weeks’ notice before work. Part of the area lies in flood zone 3, so an extension may need a flood risk assessment.
What changes inside the conservation area
Conservation areas are “Article 2(3) land”. You keep most permitted development rights, but these are removed or tightened.
- Rear extensionElsewhere: 3 m · 6 m with PANo 6 m / 8 m prior approval
- Two-storey extensionElsewhere: 3 mNeeds planning permission
- Side extensionElsewhere: Half the widthNeeds planning permission
- Loft conversionElsewhere: 50 m³Needs planning permission
- Garden roomElsewhere: 2.5 m high by boundariesNot beside the house
- PorchElsewhere: 3 m²Same limits
- Solar panelsElsewhere: 0.2 m projectionSame limits
- Air source heat pumpElsewhere: 1 unitNot facing the road
- Fences, walls and gatesElsewhere: 2 m · 1 m by a roadSame limits
- External claddingElsewhere: Matching materialsNeeds planning permission
- Tree workElsewhere: No notice6 weeks’ notice to the council
- Demolition (over 115 m³)Elsewhere: AllowedNeeds planning permission
Limits for a semi-detached house under the GPDO 2015. An Article 4 direction can remove more.
Listed buildings in the conservation area
Any work affecting these needs listed building consent, inside or out. Each links to its entry on the National Heritage List.
- Church of St MaryGrade I
- Farm HallGrade II*
- Island HallGrade II*
- Meadow Wall Facing Number 24Grade II*
- The Chinese BridgeGrade II*
- Two Piers and Railings at Number 24 Along Street FrontGrade II*
- 1, Old CourthallGrade II
- 1, The AvenueGrade II
- 1, The CausewayGrade II
- 1, West StreetGrade II
- 10-12, The CausewayGrade II
- 10, Silver StreetGrade II
- 10, West StreetGrade II
- 11 12, Old CourthallGrade II
- 11, Chadley LaneGrade II
- 11, West StreetGrade II
- 12-14, West StreetGrade II
- 12, Post StreetGrade II
- 12a 12b 13, Post StreetGrade II
- 13, The CausewayGrade II
- 14, Old CourthallGrade II
- 14, The CausewayGrade II
- 15, The CausewayGrade II
- 17 18, The CausewayGrade II
Show all 89 listed buildings ↓All 89 listed buildings
- 17, Post StreetGrade II
- 2, Old CourthallGrade II
- 2, The AvenueGrade II
- 2, The CausewayGrade II
- 20 22, The CausewayGrade II
- 21, West StreetGrade II
- 22, Post StreetGrade II
- 22, West StreetGrade II
- 23, West StreetGrade II
- 24 26, Post StreetGrade II
- 27 28, Post StreetGrade II
- 3-5, THE CAUSEWAY (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 3, Old CourthallGrade II
- 3, The AvenueGrade II
- 31 32, West StreetGrade II
- 31, Post StreetGrade II
- 34, Post StreetGrade II
- 35, Post StreetGrade II
- 35, West StreetGrade II
- 37 and 38, Post StreetGrade II
- 38, West StreetGrade II
- 39 40, West StreetGrade II
- 4, Cambridge StreetGrade II
- 41, Post StreetGrade II
- 44 45, Post StreetGrade II
- 44, West StreetGrade II
- 45, West StreetGrade II
- 46 47, Post StreetGrade II
- 46, West StreetGrade II
- 5, Cambridge StreetGrade II
- 5, Old CourthallGrade II
- 5, Silver StreetGrade II
- 50, Post StreetGrade II
- 51, Post StreetGrade II
- 56 57, Post StreetGrade II
- 58, Post StreetGrade II
- 59, CAMBRIDGE STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 6 7, Post StreetGrade II
- 6 8, Corpus Christi LaneGrade II
- 8, Post StreetGrade II
- 8, West StreetGrade II
- 9 10, Post StreetGrade II
- 9 10, The AvenueGrade II
- 9, West StreetGrade II
- Barn Adjoining Number 22 on the South WestGrade II
- Barn Adjoining Number 31aGrade II
- Boundary Walls of Number 3 (chadleigh House)Grade II
- Bridge Over the River Great OuseGrade II
- Chadleigh HouseGrade II
- Garden Wall of Number 24Grade II
- Gate Piers of the Church of St MaryGrade II
- Gate Piers on Street Front of Number 18Grade II
- Gates and Piers to Churchyard of Church of St MaryGrade II
- Godmanchester Town HallGrade II
- Holme HurstGrade II
- Huntingdon Quaker Meeting HouseGrade II
- North Garden Wall of Number 18Grade II
- Queen Elizabeth Grammar SchoolGrade II
- South Garden Wall of Number 17Grade II
- Stable Block Adjoining Number 17Grade II
- Staughton HouseGrade II
- The Black Bull Public HouseGrade II
- The HolmeGrade II
- The Royal Oak Public HouseGrade II
- Warehouse and MalthouseGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
The council’s appraisal
WEBGODMANCHESTER POST STREET Conservation Area AppraisalHuntingdonshire District Council’s description of the area’s character — what planners look at when you apply.Open on council site ↗Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Huntingdonshire District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.