About the GREAT GRANSDEN Conservation Area
The GREAT GRANSDEN Conservation Area covers about 39 hectares and was designated by Huntingdonshire District Council in 1981. Inside the boundary are 50 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 3 Grade II*, 46 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Bartholomew, Grade I. 42 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 BartholomewGrade I
- Barn to east of Old Barn FarmhouseGrade II*
- Marley's CottageGrade II*
- Rippington ManorGrade II*
- 1 and 3 (Bydawy 1) Fox StreetGrade II
- 1, Mill RoadGrade II
- 1,2,3,5 and 7, East StreetGrade II
- 11,13 and 15, Crowtree StreetGrade II
- 13, Church StreetGrade II
- 16 and 18, Middle StreetGrade II
- 19, Middle StreetGrade II
- 2, Little Gransden LaneGrade II
- 24, Crowtree StreetGrade II
- 26, Middle StreetGrade II
- 3, Middle StreetGrade II
- 6, Little LaneGrade II
- 9, Little Gransden LaneGrade II
- Audley HouseGrade II
- BirchersGrade II
- Boundary Wall to North of Rectory FarmhouseGrade II
- Boundary Wall to Vicarage GardenGrade II
- Churchyard Cross Remains to North of North Porch of Bartholomew's ChurchGrade II
- Dancers CottageGrade II
- Doctor's Surgery and MandeneGrade II
Show all 50 listed buildings ↓All 50 listed buildings
- Elm CottageGrade II
- Former Village Hall and caretakers houseGrade II
- Garden Walls to Rippington Manor HouseGrade II
- Gransden Cottage and the GranaryGrade II
- Gransden HallGrade II
- Hayfield CottageGrade II
- Home FarmhouseGrade II
- JaykinsGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- Magpie CottageGrade II
- Manor CottageGrade II
- Old Barn FarmhouseGrade II
- Old CottageGrade II
- Old DixeysGrade II
- Orchard Dene Orchard Dene (also Known As 10 Manor Lane)Grade II
- Providence Baptist ChapelGrade II
- Rectory Farmhouse (formerly College Farmhouse) and Attached Stable RangeGrade II
- Rippington Manor Barn to South WestGrade II
- Stone HouseGrade II
- The Crown and CushionGrade II
- The Old FoxGrade II
- The Old Meeting HouseGrade II
- The Plough Public House With Attached Stables and HayloftGrade II
- The VicarageGrade II
- White CottageGrade II
- Wood CottageGrade 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
WEBGREAT GRANSDEN 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.