Oscar's 40 High Street St Neots PE19 1JA Data via plota.co.uk

26/01954/LBC - Listed Building Consent In progress

Proposal

Change of use of the first floor from office accommodation (Use Class E) to form two self-contained residential flats (Use Class C3), including associated internal alterations. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
22 Oct 2026
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Validated
23 Oct 2026
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Consultation
28 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 18 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 18 Dec 2026 and 2 Jan 2027, from Huntingdonshire's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 25 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 6

37 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 24 and 26, High Street, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 35 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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.
Show all 37 with distances
Historic England ↗
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Saint Neots Incl Eynesbury and Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford 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 ↗
Scheduled monument about 109 m away: St Neots Priory (site of)
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 ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1647 m away: A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Road Improvement scheme; Inside the St Neots built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 28 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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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Important details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
PE19 1JA
Received
22 Oct 2026
Validated
23 Oct 2026
Ward
St Neots Eynesbury
Parish
St Neots
Case officer
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Target decision
18 Dec 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Figment Architecture Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 6 of the 56-day target. Huntingdonshire usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 650 days to the 56-day target
51%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
68decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Huntingdonshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Huntingdonshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

22 neighbours consulted · Last counted 28 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15316985
Planning Portal ref
PP-15316985
Neighbours
28 Oct 2026
Consultation
28 Oct 2026
Comments by
25 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
4 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry
18 Dec 2026
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