About the Cottenham Conservation Area
The Cottenham Conservation Area covers about 46 hectares and was designated by South Cambridgeshire District Council in 1972. Inside the boundary are 64 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 63 Grade II). The most significant is Church of All Saints, Grade I. 5 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 All SaintsGrade I
- 1, High StreetGrade II
- 10, High StreetGrade II
- 101, High StreetGrade II
- 11, High StreetGrade II
- 13, High StreetGrade II
- 135, High StreetGrade II
- 160, High StreetGrade II
- 17, Corbett StreetGrade II
- 188, High StreetGrade II
- 191 and 193, High StreetGrade II
- 214, High StreetGrade II
- 218, High StreetGrade II
- 219 and 221, High StreetGrade II
- 226 and 228, High StreetGrade II
- 279, High StreetGrade II
- 28, High StreetGrade II
- 284, High StreetGrade II
- 29, High StreetGrade II
- 290, High StreetGrade II
- 30, High StreetGrade II
- 307, High StreetGrade II
- 309, High StreetGrade II
- 316, High StreetGrade II
Show all 64 listed buildings ↓All 64 listed buildings
- 318, High StreetGrade II
- 32, High StreetGrade II
- 324, High StreetGrade II
- 331, High StreetGrade II
- 332, High StreetGrade II
- 337 and 339, High StreetGrade II
- 35, High StreetGrade II
- 41, Denmark RoadGrade II
- 41, High StreetGrade II
- 44, Corbett StreetGrade II
- 52, High StreetGrade II
- 56, Denmark RoadGrade II
- 60, High StreetGrade II
- 7, High StreetGrade II
- 86, High StreetGrade II
- Abletts HouseGrade II
- Barn, At Rear of Number 87Grade II
- Barn, Rear of Number 344 (manor Farmhouse)Grade II
- Barns, Rear of Number 343Grade II
- Chequers Public HouseGrade II
- Dorset HouseGrade II
- FenwayGrade II
- Gig House and StablesGrade II
- Gothic HouseGrade II
- King Smith CottageGrade II
- Mitchell HouseGrade II
- OaslandsGrade II
- Office, Adjoining Number 86Grade II
- Old Meeting Baptist ChurchGrade II
- Olde ThatchGrade II
- Pelham HouseGrade II
- Pond FarmhouseGrade II
- Rose VillaGrade II
- SunnyholmeGrade II
- The LimesGrade II
- The LindensGrade II
- The Old RectoryGrade II
- Wall, Gates and Gatepiers Number 185Grade II
- War MemorialGrade II
- White 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
WEBCottenham Conservation Area AppraisalSouth Cambridgeshire 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 South Cambridgeshire District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.