Office 1 Centenary House St Marys Street Huntingdon PE29 3PE Data via plota.co.uk

25/01902/PRI031 - Pr Ap. COU Comm/Bus/Serv to Dwellinghous Approved

Proposal

Change of use from office to 20 residential flats Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Sept 2025
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Validated
15 Oct 2025
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Consultation
18 Feb 2026
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Approved
27 Mar 2026
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Appeal dismissed
1 Apr 2026

Approved on 27 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Site constraints 10

Huntingdon 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.
Council document ↗
Air quality management area: Huntingdon AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
National infrastructure project 47 m away: A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme
The site is 47 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Scheduled monument 79 m away: Huntingdon Castle (Castle Hills): a motte and bailey castle and Civil War fieldwork
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Special area of conservation 219 m away: Portholme
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
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
SSSI 219 m away: Portholme SSSI; Radon affected area, class 3; 8 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Huntingdon built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 10 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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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Important details

Application type
Pr Ap. COU Comm/Bus/Serv to Dwellinghous
Postcode
PE29 3PE
Received
30 Sept 2025
Validated
15 Oct 2025
Ward
Huntingdon North
Parish
Huntingdon
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Dec 2025
Decision
Prior Approval Required & Approved
Decision date
27 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Dismissed · 1 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6003178 ↗
Agent
The Planning Partnership

How this decision compares

Decided in 163 days from validation, 120 days slower than Huntingdonshire's median of 43 for prior approvals. Approved, as 85% of prior approvals here are.

86%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
71decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Huntingdonshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Huntingdonshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14350326
Planning Portal ref
PP-14350326
Neighbours
18 Feb 2026
Consultation
18 Feb 2026
Comments by
11 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
22 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
10 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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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