The Old Day School High Street Bluntisham Data via plota.co.uk

Refused 25/01601/LBC
Listed buildings
Council
Huntingdonshire 3.9/10
Date received
21 Aug 2025
Date validated
8 Sept 2025

Description

Listed Building Consent for the change of use from day school to residential dwelling. Demolition of ancillary buildings to the rear and construction of new rear extensions with internal alterations Data via plota.co.uk

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Planning committee

Decided by Huntingdonshire Development Management Committee on 15 Dec 2025.

Refused

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised refusal because the design and internal works would harm the listed building and conservation area, outweighing the benefits.
  • The parish council and three commenters supported bringing the building back into use, while conservation officers objected because of heritage harm.
  • The committee refused the application because the harm was not outweighed by the public benefits.

Source: Plota analysis of Huntingdonshire's committee minutes, Huntingdonshire Development Management Committee minutes, 15 December 2025 .

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: The Old Day School and wall and railings to the front
List entry 1488883 · The pin is inside its outline · 6 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II*, 4 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Bluntisham conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Public footpath 21 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 353 m away: Fens Reservoir, at pre-application; Inside the Bluntisham and Colne built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Huntingdonshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#197 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Huntingdonshire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #210 out of 296. 55% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Huntingdonshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #155 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #80 of 296
55%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #210 of 296
55%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #250 of 296
69%
Minor dwellings approved
175 decided (1-9 homes)
91%
Major dwellings approved
22 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
52 decided
1,077
Total decisions
125 refused in the year to March 2026
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