Permitted development inEast Cambridgeshire

Where East Cambridgeshire District Council has removed or restricted permitted development rights — conservation areas, Article 4 directions and listed buildings — and how to check your own house.

28

Conservation areas

292

Article 4 directions

Sep 2026

Data updated

28 conservation areas

Article 4 directions in East Cambridgeshire

These remove specific permitted development rights in defined areas. Check whether your street is inside one before relying on the national limits.

  • 1 & 19 Castlehythe, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1 Barton Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1 Cambridge Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1 Springhead Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1 West Fen Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1-12 The Range, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1-15 (odds) Bernard Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1-15 (odds) Chiefs Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1-15 (odds) Cromwell Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1-15 (odds) Parade Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1-15 Hills Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1-1a West End, ElyCheck with the council2009
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  • 1-35 (odds) Victoria Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1-5 (odds) Waterside, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1-55 (odds) Deacons Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1-7 (odds) New Barns Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1, 3, 9, 11-15 (odds) Beech Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 10 Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 10-14 (evens) Downham Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 10-20 (evens) Chiefs Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 104-114 (evens) Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 116-118 Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 122 Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 126-128 Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 12a-18 (evens) Egremont Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 13-15 (odds) Barton Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 13-15 (odds) Prickwillow Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 13-25 (odds) Cambridge Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 130-134 Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 14-14a (evens) Back Hill, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 16 Back Hill, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 16-24 (evens) Newnham Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 17-19 Back Hill, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 17-25 (odds) Vineyards, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 17-31 (odds) New Barns Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 18 Barton Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 18 Downham Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 18-22 (evens) Back Hill, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 18-22 (evens) Lynn Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 18, 16 & 16a Church Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 19 Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 19-25 (odds) Silver Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 2 Church Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 2-16 (evens) Cromwell Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 2-20 (evens) Bernard Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 2-30 (evens) Nutholt Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 2-36 (evens) Victoria Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 2-4 (evens) Back Hill, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 2-4 Prickwillow Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 2-6 (evens) Egremont Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 2-8 (evens) Barton Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 2, 4, 6 & 7 Barton Square, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 20-22 Egremont Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 20-22a (evens) Station Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 20-30 Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 20-36 (evens) Chapel Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 21-25 (odds) Downham Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 21-27 (odds) West Fen Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 21-29 (odds) Egremont Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 22-32 (evens) Downham Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 22-36 (evens) St Johns Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 23-29 Hills Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 24 Back Hill, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 24 Egremont Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 24-28 (evens) New Barns Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 24-46 (evens) Silver Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 25 Lynn Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 26 Parade Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 26-44 (evens) Prickwillow Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 27 & 29 Waterside, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 27 Cambridge Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 27-33 (odds) Downham Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 28, 32 & 34 Chiefs Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 3-15 (odds) West End, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 3-9 (odds) Nutholt Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 30-36 (evens) Barton Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 30, 36A-38 (evens) Lynn Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 31-37 (evens) Back Hill, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 32 West End, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 32-42 (evens) Cambridge Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 32A, 34, 36, 38 West EndCheck with the council2009
  • 33-35 (odds) St Marys Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 33-47 (odds) Cambridge Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 33-47 (odds) New Barns Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 33a-45 (odds) Downham Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 34 Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 35 Chapel Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 35-37 Prickwillow Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 35-43 (evens) Hills Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 35-43 (odds) West Fen Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 36 Annesdale, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 37-41 Annesdale, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 38 & 40 Chapel Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 38-46 (evens) Barton Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 39 Back Hill, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 39 Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 4 & 8a Downham Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 4 St Marys Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 4-24 (evens) Parade Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 40-44 (evens) Lynn Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 40-50 (evens) Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 40-56 (evens) Back Hill, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 42-46 (evens) Chapel Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 42-50 (evens) Waterside, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 43 Prickwillow Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 43-45 (odds) Lynn Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 44-56 (evens) Forehill, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 44a Prickwillow Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 45 Prickwillow Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 45-57 (odds) West Fen Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 46-56 (evens) Newnham Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 46-78 (evens) Lynn Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 48 & 50 Chapel Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 49-51 Cambridge Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 5 & 7 Chapel Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 5 & 7 West Fen Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 5 Barton Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 5-19 (odds) Egremont Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 50-60 (evens) West End, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 51-53 Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 51-65 (odds) Prickwillow Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 51, 53, 57 (odds) Silver Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 53-59 (odds) Cambridge Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 54-60 (evens) Silver Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 56-58 (evens) Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 56-66 (evens) Barton Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 58 New Barns Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 59-63 Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 5a Little Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 6, 10, 12, 14, 18 & 22 Springhead Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 6, 9 & 11 Vineyards, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 60 Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 61 Deacons Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 61-63 (odds) Silver Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 61-69 (odds) Cambridge Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 62 St Marys Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 62-70 (evens) Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 66-72 (evens) Back Hill, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 7-9 (odds) Cambridge Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 72-74 Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 75-77 (odds) Deacons Lane, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 77-83 (odds) Newnham Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 78 Back Hill, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 8 & 12 Station Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 82-88 Broad Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 88-90 (evens) St Marys Street, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 9 Barton Square, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 9-11 (odds) Barton Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 9-15 (evens) West Fen Road, ElyCheck with the council2009
  • 1 & 2 Stonefields Cottages, Mill Lane, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 1 Brook Dam Lane, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 1 Townsend, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 10 - 26 Evens (9) Hall Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 100 Silver Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 11 - 13 Hall Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 12 - 14 Evens (2) Fordham Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 12 High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 12 Mandeville, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 14, 16, 18, 20 & 22 North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 15 Speed Lane, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 16 Fordham Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 16 High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 16 Sand Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 16, 18 & 20 (3) The Causeway, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 17 Hall Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 17 Speed Lane, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 18 - 24 Evens (4) Station Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 19 Fordham Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 19 Speed Lane, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 2 Brook Dam Lane, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 2 Isaacson Road, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 2 Laburnum Lane, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 20 - 22 Evens (2) Fordham Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 20 - 24 Townsend, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 20, 22, 24A (3) Churchgate Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 21 Hopevine House Clay Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 22 - 28 Clay Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 23 - 27 Odds (3) Pratt Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 25, 27, 29, 31, 33 & 35 Silver Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 26 - 28 Evens Churchgate Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 26 - 36 Evens (6) Fordham Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 26 North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 27 North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 29 High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 3 - 9 Odds (3) Hall Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 3 Pratt Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 30 Pratt Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 31 Hall Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 31 High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 31 Paddock Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 32 Hall Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 33 - 37 Odds (3) Clay Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 33 The Causeway, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 34 High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 34 North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 35, 37, 39 & 41 (4) The Causeway, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 36, 38, 40 & 42 (4) High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 37 - 39 Odds Paddock Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 38 - 40 Evens Station Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 38 Fordham Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 38 Hall Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 38 North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 4 - 12 Evens Moat Terrace (5) Sand Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 4 - 8 Evens (3) Clay Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 4 Fordham Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 4 Hall Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 4 Newnham Lane, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 4, 6, 8 & 10 (4) Buthings Path, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 40 Pratt Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 42 North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 42 Paddock Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 43 & 45 (2) The Causeway, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 45 Station Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 47, 49 & 51 (3) The Causeway, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 49 North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 5 Newnham Lane, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 50 - 52 Evens Hall Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 50 High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 50 North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 50 Station Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 52 High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 52 Station Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 54 Hall Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 54 High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 54 The Causeway, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 55, 57, 59, 61, 63 And 69 (6) The Causeway, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 56 The Causeway, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 58 Hall Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 58 High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 6 - 16 Evens (6) Station Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 6 Low Road, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 6 Pratt Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 60 Hall Street,SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 61 -71 Odds (6) Clay Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 62 - 64 Evens Station Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 64 North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 66 - 74 Evens (5) Clay Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 66 -70 Evens (3) Station Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 7 - 13 Odds (4) Speed Lane, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 72 North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 76 - 78 Evens Paddock Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 76 Clay Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 77 North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 78 High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 79 North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 8 - 10 (single Dwelling) Mandeville, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 8 High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 80 High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 82 Paddock Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 82 Station Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 83 North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 84 - 86 Evens Station Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 85, 87, 89, 91, 93 And 95 The Causeway, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 88 - 90 Evens Station Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 9 - 11 Odds Clay Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 9 - 13 Odds (3) Sand Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 9 - 19 White Hart Lane, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 90 - 92 Clay Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 92 North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • 94 -96 Clay Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 95 - 101 Odds (4) Station Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • 98 -100 Clay Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • Alton House, 14 Sand Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • Briarwood, 6 Fordham Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • Brooklands House, 15 Pratt Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • Causeway House, 10 The Causeway, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • Causeway Villa, 22 The Causeway, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • Corner Cottage, 10, Iaacson Road, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • Croft House, 1 Hall Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • Fir Tree Cottage, 90 Paddock Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • Firtree House, 38 Pratt Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • Green Man Cottage, 6 Newnham Lane, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • Halstead Lodge, 4 White Hart Lane, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • Ivyhouse, 33 Pratt Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • Lonsdale House, 2 Hall Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • Lyndhurst, 92 Station Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • Mandeville House, 4 Mandeville, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • Millfield House, Mill Lane, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • Portland Place, 48 The Causeway, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • Russet Cottage, Mill Lane, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • Sussex House, 27 Clay Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • The Grange, 27c North Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • The Lodge 50, Fordham Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • The Manse, 49 High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • The Manse, 58 Station Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • The Meeting House, 6 Mill Lane, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • The Old Manse, 7 Pratt Street, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • The Vicarage, 14 High Street, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • White Haven Cottage, 24 Fordham Road, SohamCheck with the council2008
  • Willow Lodge, Mill Lane, BurwellCheck with the council2008
  • Hill Farm, 21 High Street, BurwellChange of use2008
  • Pembroke Farmhouse, 23 High Street, BurwellChange of use2008

From planning.data.gov.uk, Sep 2026. Councils publish at different levels of detail — confirm the scope of any direction with East Cambridgeshire District Council.

Conservation areas

Each links to its own page: boundary map, what it changes, and the council’s appraisal.

What you can build in East Cambridgeshire

The national limits for a semi-detached house with full permitted development rights. Inside a conservation area or Article 4 area, some of these need planning permission.

Getting a Lawful Development Certificate from East Cambridgeshire District Council

Apply through the Planning Portal. Decisions usually take up to 8 weeks. Your report tells you whether you need one — and includes the drawings checklist.

East Cambridgeshire District Council website ↗
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